osf1 man page for tput

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NAME
       tput - Queries the terminal information database

SYNOPSIS
       tput [-S] [-T term] [capability_name [parameter...]]

       The tput command uses the terminfo database to make terminal-dependent information available to the shell.

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       tput:  XCU5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
       [Tru64  UNIX]  Specifies  that input be received from standard input.  Specifies the terminal type.  By default, the terminal type is taken
       from the environment variable TERM.

OPERANDS
       The capability_name argument may be one of the following special strings: Displays the clear-screen sequence.  Displays the sequences  that
       initialize  the	user's	terminal.   [Tru64 UNIX]  Displays the terminfo long name for the terminal.  Displays the sequences that reset the
       user's terminal.

DESCRIPTION
       The capability_name argument indicates the attribute type from a terminfo file.	The output  of	the  tput  command  is	a  string  if  the
       attribute  capability_name  is of the type string, or an integer if the attribute is of the type integer.  If the capability_name is of the
       type Boolean, the tput command sets the exit value to zero (0) for TRUE, 1 for FALSE, and produces no other output.  For more  information,
       see the terminfo(4) reference page.

NOTES
       If your terminal does not support the requested capability, it is not an error.

EXIT STATUS
       Equals  FALSE  Boolean value or the requested string was written successfully.  [Tru64 UNIX]  Equals TRUE Boolean value.  Specifies a usage
       error.  Specifies that information on this terminal is not available.  Specifies that the capability_name is invalid.   Specifies  that	an
       error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       To  echo the clear-screen sequence for the current terminal: # tput clear To display the number of columns for the current terminal: # tput
       cols To set and unset the highlight-mode sequences for the current terminal: # bold=`tput smso` # unbold=`tput rmso`

	      If you are using the C shell (csh), the argument to set and unset sequences must be enclosed in double quotes: # bold="`tput  smso`"
	      # unbold="`tput rmso`"

	      Both  of	these examples can be followed by a prompt: echo "${bold}Please type in your name:${unbold} To set the exit value to indi-
	      cate if the current terminal is a hardcopy terminal: tput hc

	      If you are using the C shell (csh), the exit value for the preceding example is stored in $status;  otherwise,  the  exit  value	is
	      stored in $?.  To move the cursor to line 2, row 2: tput cup 2 2

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The  following environment variables affect the execution of tput: Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
       unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used.  If any of the internationalization vari-
       ables  contain  an  invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined.  If set to a non-empty string value,
       overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables.  Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences  of  bytes
       of  text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments).	Determines the locale for the for-
       mat and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.  Determines the location of message catalogues  for  the  processing	of
       LC_MESSAGES.

FILES
       Terminal information database Definition files curses library definition file

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  stty(1), tabs(1)

       Routines:  curses(3)

       Files:  terminfo(4)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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