Command-line tool

ncurses

brew/ncurses

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Text-based UI library

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install ncurses

Linux

brew install ncurses

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

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