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# clear
> Clears the screen of the terminal.
> More information: <https://manned.org/clear>.
- Clear the screen:
`clear`
- Clear the screen but keep the terminal's scrollback buffer (equivalent to pressing `<Ctrl l>` in Bash):
`clear -x`
- Indicate the type of terminal to clean (defaults to the value of the environment variable `$TERM`):
`clear -T {{type_of_terminal}}`
- Display the version of `ncurses` used by `clear`:
`clear -V`