INFOCMP(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						INFOCMP(1)

NAME

     infocmp -- compare or print compiled terminfo descriptions

SYNOPSIS

     infocmp [-1acnqux] [-A database] [-B database] [-w cols] [term ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The infocmp reconstructs the first available terminfo(5) definition found for term and prints the result in a terminfo(5) format.	Capability
     types are grouped together and new types start new lines, first flags, then numbers, then strings.  Capabilities are sorted by their name.
     If a second term is given then the capabilities are compared against each other.

     The following options are available:

     -1 	      Print one capability per line.

     -A database      Use this database to load the first terminal definition.

     -B database      Use this database to load subsequent terminal definitions.

     -a 	      Include commented out capabilities.  This only works if the database was compiled with the -a flag passed to tic(1).  This
		      also sets the -x flag as infocmp retains commented out capabilities as non standard.

     -c 	      Print capabilities common to each definition.

     -n 	      Print capabilities that do not exist in either definition.

     -q 	      Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings and using - for absent capabilities, @ for canceled capabilities
		      rather than NULL.

     -u 	      Build a new terminal description for the first terminal description, using subsequent terminal descriptions.  This also sets
		      the -a flag.

     -w cols	      Limit the width to cols.

     -x 	      Include non-standard capabilities.  More -x only handles non-standard capabilities.  This only works if the database was
		      compiled with the -x flag passed to tic(1).

ENVIRONMENT

     COLUMNS	      Override columns returned by the output terminal.  -w cols supersedes this.

     TERM	      infocmp uses the contents of the TERM environment variable if no terminal name is given on the command line.

EXIT STATUS

     The infocmp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     tic(1), terminfo(5)

STANDARDS

     The infocmp utility outputs information that conforms to the X/Open Curses Issue 4, Version 2 (``XCURSES4.2'') standard.

AUTHORS

     Roy Marples <roy@NetBSD.org>

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								 February 5, 2010							       BSD