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clear(1)
NAME
  clear - Clears terminal screen

SYNOPSIS
  clear

DESCRIPTION
  The clear command clears your screen, if possible.  It looks in the
  environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo database to
  determine how to perform this operation.

FILES
  /usr/lib/terminfo/?/*
      Terminal information database.

SEE ALSO
  Commands:  tput(1)

  Files:  terminfo(4)