How to clear the screen after exiting less, man and vim

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When I exit from the man page, less and vim the screen doesn't clear. I don't mean the clear command rather I want to see the previous screen that I entered before the man or less.

There is a less -X (--no-init) command that doesn't clear the screen after exiting, but there are not any aliases for the less command on my system and I want the inverse of this option.

My terminal picture:

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As it clear, I can see the less output even after I exit from it.

Do `tput smcup` and `tput rmcup` work? ie, does your terminal even have the capability? — William Pursell, Mar 23 '20 at 20:53
No, it didn't work. I remembered in the past that it was correct! — Kavian, Mar 24 '20 at 19:30
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/60499/how-to-set-the-bash-display-to-not-show-the-vim-text-after-exit — klokop, Mar 31 '20 at 08:13
Is the issue resolved? I had the same issue and I noticed that env variable LESS is set to -X. — Valadri, Oct 27 '21 at 16:54
@Valadri my problem solved by removing the TERM environment variable in the .bashrc — Kavian, Oct 28 '21 at 18:42

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '22 at 07:26

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My problem was solved by removing the TERM environment variable in the .bashrc.

answered May 17 '22 at 07:26

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