clear

clear screen 

Command

SYNOPSIS

clear [-a]

DESCRIPTION

The clear command clears your terminal screen. With no options, only the displayed area of the screen buffer is cleared.

Options

-a 

clears the entire screen buffer.

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 

Successful completion.

>0 

An error occurred.

PORTABILITY

Windows 2000. Windows XP. Windows Server 2003. Windows Vista. Windows 7. Windows Server 2008. All UNIX systems.

AVAILABILITY

MKS Toolkit for Power Users
MKS Toolkit for System Administrators
MKS Toolkit for Developers
MKS Toolkit for Interoperability
MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

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