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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100[diff] [blame]29.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.10 2013/06/22 22:22:11 tom Exp $
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530[diff] [blame]30.TH @CLEAR@ 1 ""
31.ds n 5
32.SH NAME
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100[diff] [blame]33\fB@CLEAR@\fR \- clear the terminal screen
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530[diff] [blame]34.SH SYNOPSIS
35\fB@CLEAR@\fR
36.br
37.SH DESCRIPTION
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100[diff] [blame]38\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible,
39including its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is defined).
40\fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the
41\fBterminfo\fR database to determine how to clear the screen.
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530[diff] [blame]42.PP
43\fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
44.SH SEE ALSO
45\fB@TPUT@\fR(1), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
46.PP
47This describes \fBncurses\fR
48version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).