diff --git a/clear/main.py b/clear/main.py
index 6a4d39a278..91cbf7a874 100755
--- a/clear/main.py
+++ b/clear/main.py
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ def clear_vlan_fdb(vlanid):
 @click.argument('linenum')
 def line(linenum):
     """Clear preexisting connection to line"""
-    # TODO: Stub
-    return
+    cmd = "consutil clear " + str(linenum)
+    run_command(cmd)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     cli()
diff --git a/consutil/lib.py b/consutil/lib.py
index 2a15c05e31..0617acf5eb 100644
--- a/consutil/lib.py
+++ b/consutil/lib.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # runs command, exit if stderr is written to, returns stdout otherwise
 # input: cmd (str), output: output of cmd (str)
-def popenWrapper(cmd):
+def run_command(cmd):
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
     output = proc.stdout.read()
     error = proc.stderr.read()
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def checkDevice(linenum):
 # returns a sorted list of all devices (whose name matches DEVICE_PREFIX)
 def getAllDevices():
     cmd = "ls " + DEVICE_PREFIX + "*"
-    output = popenWrapper(cmd)
+    output = run_command(cmd)
     
     devices = output.split('\n')
     devices = list(filter(lambda dev: re.match(DEVICE_PREFIX + r"\d+", dev) != None, devices))
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def getAllDevices():
 #     maps line number to (pid, process start time)
 def getBusyDevices():
     cmd = 'ps -eo pid,lstart,cmd | grep -E "(mini|pico)com"'
-    output = popenWrapper(cmd)
+    output = run_command(cmd)
     processes = output.split('\n')
     
     # matches any number of spaces then any number of digits
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def getBusyDevices():
 def getBaud(linenum):
     checkDevice(linenum)
     cmd = "sudo stty -F " + DEVICE_PREFIX + str(linenum)
-    output = popenWrapper(cmd)
+    output = run_command(cmd)
     
     match = re.match(r"^speed (\d+) baud;", output)
     if match != None:
diff --git a/consutil/main.py b/consutil/main.py
index 995b76247a..8fc1970aad 100644
--- a/consutil/main.py
+++ b/consutil/main.py
@@ -31,7 +31,17 @@ def line():
 @click.argument('linenum')
 def clear(linenum):
     """Clear preexisting connection to line"""
-    click.echo("clear line linenum")
+    checkDevice(linenum)
+    linenum = str(linenum)
+
+    busyDevices = getBusyDevices()
+    if linenum in busyDevices:
+        pid, _ = busyDevices[linenum]
+        cmd = "sudo kill -SIGTERM " + pid
+        click.echo("Sending SIGTERM to process " + pid)
+        run_command(cmd)
+    else:
+        click.echo("No process is connected to line " + linenum)
 
 # 'connect' subcommand
 @consutil.command()