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TPUT(1)                 FreeBSD General Commands Manual                TPUT(1)

NAME
     tput, clear - terminal capability interface

SYNOPSIS
     tput [-T term] attribute ...
     clear

DESCRIPTION
     The tput utility makes terminal-dependent information available to users
     or shell applications.  When invoked as the clear utility, the screen
     will be cleared as if
           tput clear
     had been executed.  The options to tput are as follows:

     -T      The terminal name as specified in the termcap(5) database, for
             example, ``vt100'' or ``xterm''.  If not specified, tput
             retrieves the ``TERM'' variable from the environment.

     The tput utility outputs a string for each attribute that is of type
     string; a number for each of type integer.  Otherwise, tput exits 0 if
     the terminal has the capability and 1 if it does not, without further
     action.

     If an attribute is of type string, and takes arguments (e.g. cursor
     movement, the termcap ``cm'' sequence) the arguments are taken from the
     command line immediately following the attribute.

     The following special attributes are available:

     clear         Clear the screen (the termcap(5) ``cl'' sequence).

     init          Initialize the terminal (the termcap(5) ``is'' sequence).

     longname      Print the descriptive name of the user's terminal type.

     reset         Reset the terminal (the termcap(5) ``rs'' sequence).

EXIT STATUS
     The exit status of tput is as follows:

     0       If the last attribute attribute argument is of type string or
             integer, its value was successfully written to standard output.
             If the argument is of type boolean, the terminal has this
             attribute.

     1       This terminal does not have the specified boolean attribute.

     2       Usage error.

     3       No information is available about the specified terminal type.

SEE ALSO
     termcap(5), terminfo(5)

STANDARDS
     The tput utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY
     The tput utility appeared in 4.4BSD.

BUGS
     The tput utility cannot really distinguish between different types of
     attributes.

     Some termcap entries depend upon having a `%' in them that is just a `%'
     and nothing more.  Right now we just warn about them if they do not have
     a valid type declaration.  These warnings are sent to stderr.

FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE          June 15, 2002         FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO | STANDARDS | HISTORY | BUGS

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