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infotocap(1m) [mojave man page]

infotocap(1M)															     infotocap(1M)

NAME
infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description SYNOPSIS
infotocap [-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . . DESCRIPTION
infotocap looks in file for terminfo descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard output. Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities. -v print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. -V print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit. -1 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 charac- ters. -w change the output to width characters. FILES
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database. NOTES
This utility is actually a link to tic, running in -C mode. You can use other tic options such as -f and -x. SEE ALSO
curses(3X), tic(1M), infocmp(1M), terminfo(5) This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20081102). infotocap(1M)

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NAME
infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description SYNOPSIS
infotocap [-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . . DESCRIPTION
infotocap looks in file for terminfo descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard output. Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities. -v print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. -V print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit. -1 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 charac- ters. -w change the output to width characters. FILES
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database. NOTES
This utility is actually a link to tic, running in -C mode. You can use other tic options such as -f and -x. SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES), tic(1), infocmp(1), terminfo(5) This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20100109). infotocap(1)
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