clear

Clear the terminal screen

low risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain
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What it does

Redraws the screen; scrollback may remain. `reset` re-initialises a corrupted terminal.

Examples
clearClear the screen · explain & risk-check →
resetRecover from a garbled terminal · explain & risk-check →
Related
tput
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Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man clear for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.