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- TGET(1) Minix Programmer's Manual TGET(1)
- NAME
- tget - get termcap values
- SYNOPSIS
- tget [-flag id] [-num id] [-str id] [-goto col line] [[-echo] string]
- DESCRIPTION
- Tget allows shell scripts access to the termcap(3) functions. Flags,
- numbers and strings can be queried from the termcap database under the
- entry denoted by the environment variable $TERM.
- OPTIONS
- -flag id
- Set the exit status to zero if the flag id is set. All other
- options except -echo set the exit status to id being available or
- not. The last option sets the final exit code.
- -num id
- Print the value of the numeric variable id.
- -str id
- Print the value of the string variable id.
- -goto col line
- Generates instructions to go to the given column and line if the cm
- capability exists.
- -echo string
- Prints string. Any other argument that does not start with a dash
- is also printed.
- EXAMPLE
- Try this: tget -str so 'Reverse Video' -str se
- ENVIRONMENT
- TERM Terminal type.
- TERMCAP Path to the termcap database, by default
- /etc/termcap:/usr/etc/termcap.
- SEE ALSO
- termcap(3).
- DIAGNOSTICS
- Tget will fail immediately with a descriptive message if the termcap
- entry can't be found.
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- TGET(1) Minix Programmer's Manual TGET(1)
- AUTHOR
- Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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