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Learning objective: (3) Demonstrate the use of the clear command
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clear
The "clear" command clears the screen. In many consoles, the screen is cleared but the past actions can be seen by scrolling up using the buffer in the terminal application like PuTTY.
DOS: CLS
The equivalent in DOS would be "CLS".
Thinking: Why have a clear command?
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The clear Command
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