Manual: clear_console

clear_console(1)				   General Commands Manual				    clear_console(1)

NAME
       clear_console - clear the console

SYNOPSIS
       clear_console

DESCRIPTION
       clear_console clears your console if this is possible.  It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in
       the terminfo database to figure out how to clear the screen. To clear the buffer, it then changes the foreground vir‐
       tual terminal to another terminal and then back to the original terminal.

SEE ALSO
       clear(1), chvt(1)

													    clear_console(1)