gam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett) (02/12/84)
.TH CLEAR 1
.SH NAME
clear \- clear terminal screen and status line
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B clear
[
.B \-l
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Clear
clears your screen if this is possible. It uses the ``cl'' capability
from
.IR termcap (5)
to figure out how to clear the screen.
.PP
If the
.I \-l
option is specified, the status line of the terminal will be disabled
also, using the ``ds'' capability.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR termcap(3)
.IR termcap(5)
.SH BUGS
(?Feature) If the needed capabilities cannot be found, it quietly does
nothing.
.SH NOTES
By Gordon A. Moffett. This is intended to replace the old `clear(1)',
which didn't know about status lines.
--
Gordon A. Moffett
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