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toe 1m 2024-05-11 ncurses 6.5 User commands

toe(1m)                          User commands                         toe(1m)




NAME

       toe - list table of entries of terminfo terminal types


SYNOPSIS

       toe [-ahs] [-v [n]] [directory ...]

       toe [-u|-U] file

       toe -V


DESCRIPTION

       toe  reports  to  the  standard  output  stream the (primary) names and
       descriptions of the terminal types available to the  terminfo  library.
       Each  directory  is  scanned;  if none are given, toe scans the default
       terminfo directory.


OPTIONS

       The -h option can be helpful  to  observe  where  toe  is  looking  for
       terminal  descriptions.   Other options support maintainers of terminfo
       terminal descriptions.

       -a       lists entries from  all  terminal  database  directories  that
                terminfo  would  search,  instead  of  only  the first that it
                finds.

                If  -s  is  also  given,  toe   additionally   reports,   like
                conflict(1),  which  entries  correspond  to  a given terminal
                database.  An "*" marks entries that  differ,  and  "+"  marks
                equivalent entries.

                Without   the  -s  option,  toe  does  not  attempt  to  merge
                duplicates in its report.

       -h       writes a heading naming each each directory as it is accessed.

       -s       sorts the output by the entry names.

       -u file  lists terminal type dependencies in  file,  a  terminfo  entry
                source  or  termcap  database file.  The report summarizes the
                "use"  (terminfo)  and  tc  (termcap)  relations:  each   line
                comprises the primary name of a terminal type employing use/tc
                capabilities, a colon, a  space-  and  tab-separated  list  of
                primary names of terminal types thus named, and a newline.

       -U file  lists  terminal  type reverse dependencies in file, a terminfo
                entry source or termcap database file.  The report  summarizes
                the  "use" (terminfo) and tc (termcap) reverse relations: each
                line comprises the primary name of a terminal  type  occurring
                in  use/tc  capabilities,  a colon, a space- and tab-separated
                list of primary names of terminal types naming them thus,  and
                a newline.

       -v [n]   reports  verbose  status  information  to  the  standard error
                stream, showing toe's progress.

                The optional parameter n  is  an  integer  between  1  and  10
                inclusive,  interpreted  as  for tic(1m).  If ncurses is built
                without tracing support, n is ignored.

       -V       reports the version of ncurses associated  with  this  program
                and exits with a successful status.


FILES

       /usr/share/terminfo
              compiled terminal description database


PORTABILITY

       toe  is  not provided by other implementations.  There is no applicable
       X/Open or POSIX standard for it.


HISTORY

       toe replaces a -T option that was  briefly  supported  by  the  ncurses
       infocmp utility in 1995.

       The -a and -s options were added in 2006 and 2011, respectively.

       The program's name originates with a developer's pun:

       o   tic,

       o   tac (now tack),

       o   toe.


EXAMPLES

       When  not  sorting with the -s option, the -a option reports all of the
       names found in all of the terminal database directories  named  in  the
       TERMINFO and TERMINFO_DIRS environment variables.

           xterm-color     generic color xterm
           xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)
           xterm-vt220     xterm emulating vt220
           xterm-256color  xterm with 256 colors
           xterm-r6        xterm X11R6 version
           xterm-r5        xterm R5 version
           xterm-mono      monochrome xterm
           xterm           xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
           vt220           dec vt220
           vt102           dec vt102
           vt100           dec vt100 (w/advanced video)
           vt52            dec vt52
           ...

       Use  the  -a  and  -s  options  together  to  show  where each terminal
       description was found.

           --> /etc/terminfo
           ----> /lib/terminfo
           ------> /usr/share/terminfo

           --*---: vt100           dec vt100 (w/advanced video)
           --*---: vt102           dec vt102
           --*---: vt220           dec vt220
           --*---: vt52            dec vt52
           --*---: xterm           xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
           --*---: xterm-256color  xterm with 256 colors
           --*---: xterm-color     generic color xterm
           --*---: xterm-mono      monochrome xterm
           --*---: xterm-r5        xterm R5 version
           --*---: xterm-r6        xterm X11R6 version
           --*---: xterm-vt220     xterm emulating vt220
           --*---: xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)
           ...


SEE ALSO

       captoinfo(1m),   infocmp(1m),   infotocap(1m),   tic(1m),   curses(3x),
       terminfo(5)



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