infotocap
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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 each given text
file for
terminfo descriptions.
For each terminfo description 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 characters.
- -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.
PORTABILITY
None of X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009), SVr4 or NetBSD document this application.
SEE ALSO
curses(3X),
tic(1M),
infocmp(1M),
terminfo(5)
This describes ncurses
version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
AUTHOR
Eric S. Raymond <
esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
and
Thomas E. Dickey <
dickey@invisible-island.net>