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<a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset</STRONG> - initialize a terminal or query terminfo
database
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <EM>capname</EM> [<EM>parms</EM> ... ]
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <STRONG>init</STRONG>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <STRONG>reset</STRONG>
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-<H2>
DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+<H2>
<a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>tput</STRONG> utility uses the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database to make the
values of terminal-dependent capabilities and information
- available to the shell (see <STRONG><A HREF="sh.1.html">sh(1)</A></STRONG>), to initialize or reset
+ available to the shell (see <STRONG>sh(1)</STRONG>), to initialize or reset
the terminal, or return the long name of the requested
terminal type. The result depends upon the capability's
type:
Before using a value returned on the standard output, the
application should test the exit code (e.g., <STRONG>$?</STRONG>, see
- <STRONG><A HREF="sh.1.html">sh(1)</A></STRONG>) to be sure it is <STRONG>0</STRONG>. (See the <STRONG>EXIT</STRONG> <STRONG>CODES</STRONG> and <STRONG>DIAG-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>sh(1)</STRONG>) to be sure it is <STRONG>0</STRONG>. (See the <STRONG>EXIT</STRONG> <STRONG>CODES</STRONG> and <STRONG>DIAG-</STRONG>
<STRONG>NOSTICS</STRONG> sections.) For a complete list of capabilities
and the <EM>capname</EM> associated with each, see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
option is unnecessary, because the default is taken
from the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. If <STRONG>-T</STRONG> is spec-
ified, then the shell variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG>
- will be ignored,and the operating system will not
- be queried for the actual screen size.
+ will also be ignored.
<EM>capname</EM>
- indicates the capability from the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
- database. When <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> support is compiled in, the
+ indicates the capability from the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> data-
+ base. When <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> support is compiled in, the
<STRONG>termcap</STRONG> name for the capability is also accepted.
- <EM>parms</EM> If the capability is a string that takes parame-
+ <EM>parms</EM> If the capability is a string that takes parame-
ters, the arguments <EM>parms</EM> will be instantiated into
the string.
- Most parameters are numbers. Only a few terminfo
+ Most parameters are numbers. Only a few terminfo
capabilities require string parameters; <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses a
table to decide which to pass as strings. Normally
- <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> (3x) to perform the substitution.
+ <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> (3x) to perform the substitution.
If no parameters are given for the capability, <STRONG>tput</STRONG>
- writes the string without performing the
- substitution.
+ writes the string without performing the substitu-
+ tion.
- <STRONG>-S</STRONG> allows more than one capability per invocation of
+ <STRONG>-S</STRONG> allows more than one capability per invocation of
<STRONG>tput</STRONG>. The capabilities must be passed to <STRONG>tput</STRONG> from
the standard input instead of from the command line
- (see example). Only one <EM>capname</EM> is allowed per
- line. The <STRONG>-S</STRONG> option changes the meaning of the <STRONG>0</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>1</STRONG> boolean and string exit codes (see the EXIT
+ (see example). Only one <EM>capname</EM> is allowed per
+ line. The <STRONG>-S</STRONG> option changes the meaning of the <STRONG>0</STRONG>
+ and <STRONG>1</STRONG> boolean and string exit codes (see the EXIT
CODES section).
Again, <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses a table and the presence of param-
- eters in its input to decide whether to use <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>
+ eters in its input to decide whether to use <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>
(3x), and how to interpret the parameters.
- <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in
this program, and exits.
- <STRONG>init</STRONG> If the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is present and an entry
+ <STRONG>init</STRONG> If the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is present and an entry
for the user's terminal exists (see <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>, above),
the following will occur:
- (1) if present, the terminal's initialization
- strings will be output as detailed in the
- <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> section on <EM>Tabs</EM> <EM>and</EM> <EM>Initializa-</EM>
+ (1) if present, the terminal's initialization
+ strings will be output as detailed in the
+ <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> section on <EM>Tabs</EM> <EM>and</EM> <EM>Initializa-</EM>
<EM>tion</EM>,
- (2) any delays (e.g., newline) specified in the
+ (2) any delays (e.g., newline) specified in the
entry will be set in the tty driver,
- (3) tabs expansion will be turned on or off
+ (3) tabs expansion will be turned on or off
according to the specification in the entry,
and
for any of the four above activities, that activity
will silently be skipped.
- <STRONG>reset</STRONG> Instead of putting out initialization strings, the
- terminal's reset strings will be output if present
- (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, <STRONG>rf</STRONG>). If the reset strings are not
- present, but initialization strings are, the ini-
- tialization strings will be output. Otherwise,
+ <STRONG>reset</STRONG> Instead of putting out initialization strings, the
+ terminal's reset strings will be output if present
+ (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, <STRONG>rf</STRONG>). If the reset strings are not
+ present, but initialization strings are, the ini-
+ tialization strings will be output. Otherwise,
<STRONG>reset</STRONG> acts identically to <STRONG>init</STRONG>.
<STRONG>longname</STRONG>
- If the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is present and an entry
- for the user's terminal exists (see <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM> above),
+ If the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is present and an entry
+ for the user's terminal exists (see <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM> above),
then the long name of the terminal will be put out.
The long name is the last name in the first line of
the terminal's description in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database
[see <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>].
- If <STRONG>tput</STRONG> is invoked by a link named <STRONG>reset</STRONG>, this has the
+ If <STRONG>tput</STRONG> is invoked by a link named <STRONG>reset</STRONG>, this has the
same effect as <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>reset</STRONG>. See <STRONG>tset</STRONG> for comparison, which
has similar behavior.
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>init</STRONG>
Initialize the terminal according to the type of ter-
- minal in the environmental variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. This com-
- mand should be included in everyone's .profile after
+ minal in the environmental variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. This com-
+ mand should be included in everyone's .profile after
the environmental variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> has been exported, as
- illustrated on the <STRONG><A HREF="profile.5.html">profile(5)</A></STRONG> manual page.
+ illustrated on the <STRONG>profile(5)</STRONG> manual page.
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>-T5620</STRONG> <STRONG>reset</STRONG>
- Reset an AT&T 5620 terminal, overriding the type of
+ Reset an AT&T 5620 terminal, overriding the type of
terminal in the environmental variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>.
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>cup</STRONG> <STRONG>0</STRONG> <STRONG>0</STRONG>
</PRE>
+<H2>
<a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>
compiled terminal description database
</PRE>
-<H2>
EXIT CODES</H2><PRE>
+<H2>
<a name="h2-EXIT-CODES">EXIT CODES</a></H2><PRE>
If the <STRONG>-S</STRONG> option is used, <STRONG>tput</STRONG> checks for errors from each
line, and if any errors are found, will set the exit code
to 4 plus the number of lines with errors. If no errors
type of <EM>capname</EM>:
<EM>boolean</EM>
- a value of <STRONG>0</STRONG> is set for TRUE and <STRONG>1</STRONG> for FALSE.
+ a value of <STRONG>0</STRONG> is set for TRUE and <STRONG>1</STRONG> for FALSE.
- <EM>string</EM> a value of <STRONG>0</STRONG> is set if the <EM>capname</EM> is defined
- for this terminal <EM>type</EM> (the value of <EM>capname</EM>
- is returned on standard output); a value of <STRONG>1</STRONG>
+ <EM>string</EM> a value of <STRONG>0</STRONG> is set if the <EM>capname</EM> is defined
+ for this terminal <EM>type</EM> (the value of <EM>capname</EM>
+ is returned on standard output); a value of <STRONG>1</STRONG>
is set if <EM>capname</EM> is not defined for this ter-
- minal <EM>type</EM> (nothing is written to standard
+ minal <EM>type</EM> (nothing is written to standard
output).
<EM>integer</EM>
- a value of <STRONG>0</STRONG> is always set, whether or not
+ a value of <STRONG>0</STRONG> is always set, whether or not
<EM>capname</EM> is defined for this terminal <EM>type</EM>. To
- determine if <EM>capname</EM> is defined for this ter-
+ determine if <EM>capname</EM> is defined for this ter-
minal <EM>type</EM>, the user must test the value writ-
- ten to standard output. A value of <STRONG>-1</STRONG> means
- that <EM>capname</EM> is not defined for this terminal
+ ten to standard output. A value of <STRONG>-1</STRONG> means
+ that <EM>capname</EM> is not defined for this terminal
<EM>type</EM>.
- <EM>other</EM> <STRONG>reset</STRONG> or <STRONG>init</STRONG> may fail to find their respec-
- tive files. In that case, the exit code is
+ <EM>other</EM> <STRONG>reset</STRONG> or <STRONG>init</STRONG> may fail to find their respec-
+ tive files. In that case, the exit code is
set to 4 + <STRONG>errno</STRONG>.
- Any other exit code indicates an error; see the DIAGNOS-
+ Any other exit code indicates an error; see the DIAGNOS-
TICS section.
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DIAGNOSTICS</H2><PRE>
+<H2>
<a name="h2-DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> prints the following error messages and sets the cor-
responding exit codes.
-
exit code error message
---------------------------------------------------------------------
- <STRONG>0</STRONG> (<EM>capname</EM> is a numeric variable that is not specified in
- the <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> database for this terminal type, e.g.
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> (<EM>capname</EM> is a numeric variable that is not specified in
+ the <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> database for this terminal type, e.g.
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>-T450</STRONG> <STRONG>lines</STRONG> and <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>-T2621</STRONG> <STRONG>xmc</STRONG>)
<STRONG>1</STRONG> no error message is printed, see the <STRONG>EXIT</STRONG> <STRONG>CODES</STRONG> section.
<STRONG>2</STRONG> usage error
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-<H2>
PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>longname</STRONG> and <STRONG>-S</STRONG> options, and the parameter-substitu-
- tion features used in the <STRONG>cup</STRONG> example, are not supported
+<H2>
<a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>longname</STRONG> and <STRONG>-S</STRONG> options, and the parameter-substitu-
+ tion features used in the <STRONG>cup</STRONG> example, are not supported
in BSD curses or in AT&T/USL curses before SVr4.
- X/Open documents only the operands for <STRONG>clear</STRONG>, <STRONG>init</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>reset</STRONG>. In this implementation, <STRONG>clear</STRONG> is part of the <EM>cap-</EM>
+ X/Open documents only the operands for <STRONG>clear</STRONG>, <STRONG>init</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>reset</STRONG>. In this implementation, <STRONG>clear</STRONG> is part of the <EM>cap-</EM>
<EM>name</EM> support. Other implementations of <STRONG>tput</STRONG> on SVr4-based
systems such as Solaris, IRIX64 and HPUX as well as others
- such as AIX and Tru64 provide support for <EM>capname</EM>
- operands. A few platforms such as FreeBSD and NetBSD rec-
- ognize termcap names rather than terminfo capability names
- in their respective <STRONG>tput</STRONG> commands.
+ such as AIX and Tru64 provide support for <EM>capname</EM> oper-
+ ands.
+
+ A few platforms such as FreeBSD and NetBSD recognize term-
+ cap names rather than terminfo capability names in their
+ respective <STRONG>tput</STRONG> commands.
+
+ Most implementations which provide support for <EM>capname</EM> op-
+ erands use the <EM>tparm</EM> function to expand parameters in it.
+ That function expects a mixture of numeric and string
+ parameters, requiring <STRONG>tput</STRONG> to know which type to use.
+ This implementation uses a table to determine that for the
+ standard <EM>capname</EM> operands, and an internal library func-
+ tion to analyze nonstandard <EM>capname</EM> operands. Other
+ implementations may simply guess that an operand contain-
+ ing only digits is intended to be a number.
</PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="stty.1.html">stty(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+<H2>
<a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>stty(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20110404).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20150919).
<STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>
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