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/usr/bin/tset

console display library

From ncurses 6.6.20261107-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-09 by running tset --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/tset: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: tset [options] [terminal]

Options:
  -c          set control characters
  -e ch       erase character
  -I          no initialization strings
  -i ch       interrupt character
  -k ch       kill character
  -m mapping  map identifier to type
  -Q          do not output control key settings
  -q          display term only, do no changes
  -r          display term on stderr
  -s          output TERM set command
  -V          print curses-version
  -w          set window-size

If neither -c/-w are given, both are assumed.
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-cSet control characters and modes.help + man
-e cherase characterhelp
-IDo not send the terminal or tab initialization strings to the terminal.help + man
-i chinterrupt characterhelp
-k chkill characterhelp
-m mappingmap identifier to typehelp
-QDo not display any values for the erase, interrupt and line kill characters.help + man
-qThe terminal type is displayed to the standard output, and the terminal is not initialized in any way.help + man
-rPrint the terminal type to the standard error output.help + man
-sPrint the sequence of shell commands to initialize the environment variable TERM to the standard output;help + man
-Vreports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.help + man
-wResize the window to match the size deduced via setupterm(3X).help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.