Linux clear Command
Learn Linux clear Command with example
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Linux clear Command
In Linux we can use “clear” command to clear the terminal screen
clear command
>> clear
clear output
>>
# Empty console
clear Command in Linux (Documentation)
NAME
clear - clear the terminal screen
SYNOPSIS
clear [-Ttype] [-V] [-x]
DESCRIPTION
clear clears your screen if this is possible, including its scrollback buffer (if the extended “E3” capability
is defined). clear looks in the environment for the terminal type given by the environment variable TERM, and
then in the terminfo database to determine how to clear the screen.
clear writes to the standard output. You can redirect the standard output to a file (which prevents clear
from actually clearing the screen), and later cat the file to the screen, clearing it at that point.
OPTIONS
-T type
indicates the type of terminal. Normally this option is unnecessary, because the default is taken from
the environment variable TERM. If -T is specified, then the shell variables LINES and COLUMNS will also
be ignored.
-V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits. The options are as follows:
-x do not attempt to clear the terminal's scrollback buffer using the extended “E3” capability.