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NAME
- tput - initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
+ tput, reset - initialize a terminal or query terminfo
+ database
@@ -15,51 +16,55 @@
tput [-Ttype] reset
tput [-Ttype] longname
tput -S <<
+ tput -V
DESCRIPTION
- The tput utility uses the terminfo database to make the
- values of terminal-dependent capabilities and information
+ The tput utility uses the terminfo database to make the
+ values of terminal-dependent capabilities and information
available to the shell (see sh(1)), to initialize or reset
- the terminal, or return the long name of the requested
- terminal type. tput outputs a string if the attribute
- (capability name) is of type string, or an integer if the
+ the terminal, or return the long name of the requested
+ terminal type. tput outputs a string if the attribute
+ (capability name) is of type string, or an integer if the
attribute is of type integer. If the attribute is of type
boolean, tput simply sets the exit code (0 for TRUE if the
- terminal has the capability, 1 for FALSE if it does not),
- and produces no output. Before using a value returned on
- standard output, the user should test the exit code [$?,
- see sh(1)] to be sure it is 0. (See the EXIT CODES and
- DIAGNOSTICS sections.) For a complete list of capabili-
- ties and the capname associated with each, see ter-
+ terminal has the capability, 1 for FALSE if it does not),
+ and produces no output. Before using a value returned on
+ standard output, the user should test the exit code [$?,
+ see sh(1)] to be sure it is 0. (See the EXIT CODES and
+ DIAGNOSTICS sections.) For a complete list of capabili-
+ ties and the capname associated with each, see ter-
minfo(5).
- -Ttype indicates the type of terminal. Normally this
+ -Ttype indicates the type of terminal. Normally this
option is unnecessary, because the default is taken
from the environment variable TERM. If -T is spec-
- ified, then the shell variables LINES and COLUMNS
- will be ignored,and the operating system will not
+ ified, then the shell variables LINES and COLUMNS
+ will be ignored,and the operating system will not
be queried for the actual screen size.
capname
indicates the attribute from the terminfo database.
- When termcap support is compiled in, the termcap
+ When termcap support is compiled in, the termcap
name for the attribute is also accepted.
parms If the attribute is a string that takes parameters,
- the arguments parms will be instantiated into the
- string. An all numeric argument will be passed to
+ the arguments parms will be instantiated into the
+ string. An all numeric argument will be passed to
the attribute as a number.
- -S allows more than one capability per invocation of
+ -S allows more than one capability per invocation of
tput. The capabilities must be passed to tput from
the standard input instead of from the command line
- (see example). Only one capname is allowed per
- line. The -S option changes the meaning of the 0
- and 1 boolean and string exit codes (see the EXIT
+ (see example). Only one capname is allowed per
+ line. The -S option changes the meaning of the 0
+ and 1 boolean and string exit codes (see the EXIT
CODES section).
+ -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in
+ this program, and exits.
+
init If the terminfo database is present and an entry
for the user's terminal exists (see -Ttype, above),
the following will occur: (1) if present, the ter-
@@ -88,6 +93,10 @@
the terminal's description in the terminfo database
[see term(5)].
+ If tput is invoked by a link named reset, this has the
+ same effect as tput reset. See tset for comparison, which
+ has similar behavior.
+
EXAMPLES
@@ -108,8 +117,8 @@
as the "home" cursor position).
tput clear
- Echo the clear-screen sequence for the current termi-
- nal.
+ Echo the clear-screen sequence for the current
+ terminal.
tput cols
Print the number of columns for the current terminal.
@@ -117,7 +126,6 @@
tput -T450 cols
Print the number of columns for the 450 terminal.
-
bold=`tput smso` offbold=`tput rmso`
Set the shell variables bold, to begin stand-out mode
sequence, and offbold, to end standout mode sequence,
@@ -138,11 +146,11 @@
the type of terminal specified in the environmental
variable TERM.
- tput -S <<!
- > clear
- > cup 10 10
- > bold
- > !
+ tput -S <<!
+ > clear
+ > cup 10 10
+ > bold
+ > !
This example shows tput processing several capabili-
ties in one invocation. This example clears the
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@
FILES
- @DATADIR@/terminfo
+ /usr/share/terminfo
compiled terminal description database
/usr/include/curses.h
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@
/usr/include/term.h
terminfo header file
- @DATADIR@/tabset/*
+ /usr/share/tabset/*
tab settings for some terminals, in a format appro-
priate to be output to the terminal (escape
sequences that set margins and tabs); for more
@@ -211,13 +219,15 @@
responding exit codes.
exit code error message
- 0 (capname is a numeric variable that is not specified in the
- terminfo(5) database for this terminal type, e.g.
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 0 (capname is a numeric variable that is not specified in
+ the terminfo(5) database for this terminal type, e.g.
tput -T450 lines and tput -T2621 xmc)
1 no error message is printed, see the EXIT CODES section.
2 usage error
3 unknown terminal type or no terminfo database
4 unknown terminfo capability capname
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -226,16 +236,6 @@
tion features used in the cup example, are not supported
in BSD curses or in AT&T/USL curses before SVr4.
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