clear (Unix)

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The clear command appeared in 2.79<a href="/facts/BSD/XQKcURrh">BSD</a> on February 24, 1979. Later, in 1985, the command was also included in <a href="/facts/Version_8_Unix/5oWmUdwo">Unix 8th edition</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Unix_commands/EEuIsUx9">List of Unix commands</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>McElhearn, Kirk (2006). <i>The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood</i>. <a href="/facts/John_Wiley_%26_Sons/53g3LqJc">John Wiley & Sons</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0470113851.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/clear.1.html">The manual (man) page for clear</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Shell - KolibriOS wiki". <a href="http://wiki.kolibrios.org/wiki/Shell" target="_blank">http://wiki.kolibrios.org/wiki/Shell</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"ISO 9995-7" (PDF). <a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/standard_clavier_quebecois/ISO_9995-7.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/standard_clavier_quebecois/ISO_9995-7.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Clear 1". <a href="https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/clear.1.html" target="_blank">https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/clear.1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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