.\"*************************************************************************** .\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * .\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * .\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * .\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * .\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * .\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * .\" * .\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * .\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * .\" * .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * .\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * .\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * .\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * .\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * .\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * .\" * .\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * .\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * .\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" .\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.10 2013/06/22 22:22:11 tom Exp $ .TH @CLEAR@ 1 "" .ds n 5 .SH NAME \fB@CLEAR@\fR \- clear the terminal screen .SH SYNOPSIS \fB@CLEAR@\fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION \fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible, including its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is defined). \fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the \fBterminfo\fR database to determine how to clear the screen. .PP \fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present. .SH SEE ALSO \fB@TPUT@\fR(1), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) .PP This describes \fBncurses\fR version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).