.TH CLEAR 1 .UC .SH NAME clear \- clear terminal screen .SH SYNOPSIS .B clear .SH DESCRIPTION .I Clear clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in .I /etc/termcap to figure out how to clear the screen. .SH FILES /etc/termcap terminal capability data base .SH SEE ALSO termcap(3X), termcap(5)