CISCO IOS in a Nutshell

Name

clear — command

Synopsis

clear command
            

Description

A clear command erases counters for various statistics or performs a reset action. For example, clear line clears an asynchronous line and drops the connection, while clear cdp counters resets the Cisco Discovery Protocol statistics. Table 15-4 summarizes the many clear commands.

Table 15-4. Clear commands

Command	Subcommand	Action
clear access-list	counters	Clears access list statistical information
clear access-template		Clears the access template
clear arp-cache		Clears the entire ARP cache
clear bridge		Resets bridge forwarding cache
	multicast	Resets multicast group state
clear bstun		Clears counters displayed in show bstun
clear cdp		Resets CDP information
	counters	Clears CDP counters
	table	Clears the CDP table
clear counters	interface	Clears counters on one or all interfaces
clear controller
clear crypto		Resets encryption subsystem
clear dialer	interface	Clears dialer statistics
clear frame-relay-inarp		Clears inverse ARP entries from the map table
clear host	*	Deletes all host table entries
	name	Deletes the given host table entry
clear hub	ethernet n	Clears (resets) a hub
	counters	Clears hub statistics
clear interface		Clears the hardware logic on an interface
clear ip access-list counters		Clears access list statistical information
clear ip access-template		Clears the IP access template
clear ip accounting ...