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.SH NAME
term \- conventions for naming terminal types
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
The environment variable \fBTERM\fP should normally contain the type name of
the terminal, console or display-device type you are using.
This information
\*d.
To browse a list of all terminal names recognized by the system, do
.sp
- @TOE@ | more
+ @TOE@ | more
.sp
from your shell.
These capability files are in a binary format optimized for
to examine an entry, you must use the \fB@INFOCMP@\fP(1M) command.
Invoke it as follows:
.sp
- @INFOCMP@ \fIentry_name\fP
+ @INFOCMP@ \fIentry_name\fP
.sp
where \fIentry_name\fP is the name of the type you wish to examine (and the
name of its capability file the subdirectory of \*d named for its first