.TH CLEAR 1 "31 August 1996" GNO "Commands and Applications"
.SH NAME
.LP
clear \- clear the terminal screen (gsh builtin)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.B clear
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B clear
clears your screen if this is possible.
It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in
.B 31/etc/termcap
to figure out how to clear the screen.
.SH FILES
.LP
.B 31/etc/termcap
terminal capability data base