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</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <EM>capname</EM> [<EM>parameters</EM>]
- <STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <STRONG>clear</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] [<STRONG>-x</STRONG>] <STRONG>clear</STRONG>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <STRONG>init</STRONG>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <STRONG>reset</STRONG>
<STRONG>tput</STRONG> [<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>] <STRONG>longname</STRONG>
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Options">Options</a></H3><PRE>
- <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM> indicates the <EM>type</EM> of terminal. Normally this option is unnec-
- essary, because the default is taken from the environment vari-
- able <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. If <STRONG>-T</STRONG> is specified, then the shell variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> will also be ignored.
-
- <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>cap-</EM>
- <EM>name</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
+ <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>cap-</EM>
+ <EM>name</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 parameters in its
+ Because some capabilities may use <EM>string</EM> parameters rather than
+ <EM>numbers</EM>, <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses a table and the presence of parameters in its
input to decide whether to use <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG>, and how to interpret
the parameters.
- <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program,
+ <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM> indicates the <EM>type</EM> of terminal. Normally this option is unnec-
+ essary, because the default is taken from the environment vari-
+ able <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. If <STRONG>-T</STRONG> is specified, then the shell variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>
+ and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> will also be ignored.
+
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program,
and exits.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> do not attempt to clear the terminal's scrollback buffer using
+ the extended "E3" capability.
+
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Commands">Commands</a></H3><PRE>
A few commands (<STRONG>init</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset</STRONG> and <STRONG>longname</STRONG>) are special; they are defined
</PRE><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="tset.1.html">tset(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 6.0 (patch 20170520).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20171007).