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| [9] | 1 | .TH TGET 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | tget \- get termcap values
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B tget
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| 6 | .RB [ \-flag
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| 7 | .IR id ]
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| 8 | .RB [ \-num
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| 9 | .IR id ]
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| 10 | .RB [ \-str
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| 11 | .IR id ]
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| 12 | .RB [ \-goto
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| 13 | .IR "col line" ]
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| 14 | .RB [[ \-echo ]
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| 15 | .IR string ]
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| 16 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 17 | .B Tget
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| 18 | allows shell scripts access to the
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| 19 | .BR termcap (3)
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| 20 | functions. Flags, numbers and strings can be queried from the termcap
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| 21 | database under the entry denoted by the environment variable
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| 22 | .BR $TERM .
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| 23 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 24 | .TP
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| 25 | .BI \-flag " id"
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| 26 | Set the exit status to zero if the flag
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| 27 | .I id
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| 28 | is set. All other options except
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| 29 | .B \-echo
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| 30 | set the exit status to
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| 31 | .I id
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| 32 | being available or not. The last option sets the final exit code.
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| 33 | .TP
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| 34 | .BI \-num " id"
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| 35 | Print the value of the numeric variable
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| 36 | .IR id .
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| 37 | .TP
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| 38 | .BI \-str " id"
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| 39 | Print the value of the string variable
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| 40 | .IR id .
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| 41 | .TP
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| 42 | .BI \-goto " col line"
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| 43 | Generates instructions to go to the given column and line if the
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| 44 | .B cm
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| 45 | capability exists.
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| 46 | .TP
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| 47 | .BI \-echo " string"
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| 48 | Prints
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| 49 | .IR string .
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| 50 | Any other argument that does not start with a dash is also printed.
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| 51 | .SH EXAMPLE
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| 52 | Try this:
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| 53 | .B "tget -str so 'Reverse Video' -str se"
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| 54 | .SH ENVIRONMENT
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| 55 | .TP 15n
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| 56 | .B TERM
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| 57 | Terminal type.
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| 58 | .TP
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| 59 | .B TERMCAP
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| 60 | Path to the termcap database, by default /etc/termcap:/usr/etc/termcap.
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| 61 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 62 | .BR termcap (3).
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| 63 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS
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| 64 | .B Tget
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| 65 | will fail immediately with a descriptive message if the termcap entry
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| 66 | can't be found.
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| 67 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 68 | Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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