Linux Basics: clear - Clear Terminal

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Type clear to clear all the previous commands that were ran in the current terminal.

The screen will clear and you will just see the prompt at the top:

Note: this command has a handy shortcut: ctrl-L

Once you do that, you will lose access to scrolling to see the output of the previous commands entered.

So you might want to use clear -x instead, which still clears the screen, but lets you go back to see the previous work by scrolling up.

The clear command works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: pwd - Print Working Directory
2: cd - Change Directory
3: ls - List Files
4: cat - Concatenate and Display Files
5: less - View File Contents
6: tail - View End of Files
7: echo - Print to Output
8: which - Locate Commands
9: type - Display Command Type
10: ▶︎ clear - Clear Terminal
11: Introduction to Linux
12: The UNIX Filesystem Commands