@TPUT@ init
Initialize the terminal according to the type of terminal in
the environmental variable TERM
. This command should be
included in everyone's .profile after the environmental
variable TERM
has been exported, as illustrated on the
profile(5) manual page.
@TPUT@ -T5620 reset
Reset an AT&T 5620 terminal, overriding the type of terminal
in the environmental variable TERM
.
@TPUT@ cup 0 0
Send the sequence to move the cursor to row 0
, column 0
(the
upper left corner of the screen, usually known as the 'home'
cursor position).
@TPUT@ clear
Echo the clear-screen sequence for the current terminal.
@TPUT@ cols
Print the number of columns for the current terminal.
@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, for
the current terminal. This might be followed by a prompt:
echo "${bold}Please type in your name: ${offbold}\c"
@TPUT@ hc
Set exit code to indicate if the current terminal is a hard
copy terminal.
@TPUT@ cup 23 4
Send the sequence to move the cursor to row 23, column 4.
@TPUT@ cup
Send the terminfo string for cursor-movement, with no
parameters substituted.
@TPUT@ longname
Print the long name from the terminfo
database for the type
of terminal specified in the environmental variable TERM
.
@TPUT@ -S <<!
> clear
> cup 10 10
> bold
> !
This example shows @TPUT@
processing several capabilities in
one invocation. It clears the screen, moves the cursor to
position 10, 10 and turns on bold (extra bright) mode. The
list is terminated by an exclamation mark (!
) on a line by
itself.