--term terminal_name | Overrides the TERM environment variable. | help + man |
--reset | Displays the terminal reset string, which typically resets the terminal to its power-on state. | help + man |
--resize | Reset terminal size by assessing maximum row and column. | help + man |
--initialize | Displays the terminal initialization string, which typically sets the terminal’s rendering options, and other attributes to the default values. | help + man |
--default | Sets the terminal’s rendering options to the default values. | help + man |
--store | Stores the terminal’s current rendering options (foreground and background colors) as the values to be used at reset-to-default. | help + man |
--cursor on|off | Turns the terminal’s cursor on or off. | help + man |
--repeat on|off | Turns keyboard repeat on or off. | help + man |
--appcursorkeys on|off | Sets Cursor Key Application Mode on or off. | help + man |
--linewrap on|off | Makes the terminal continue on a new line when a line is full. | help + man |
--inversescreen on|off | Swaps foreground and background colors for the whole screen. | help + man |
--msg on|off | Enables or disables the sending of kernel printk() messages to the console. | help + man |
--msglevel 0-8 | Sets the console logging level for kernel printk(9) messages. | help + man |
--foreground default|<color | Sets the foreground text color. | help + man |
--background default|<color | Sets the background text color. | help + man |
--ulcolor bright | Sets the color for underlined characters. | help + man |
--hbcolor bright | set half-bright text color <color>: black blue cyan green grey magenta red white yellow | help + man |
--bold on|off | Turns bold (extra bright) mode on or off. | help + man |
--half-bright on|off | Turns dim (half-brightness) mode on or off. | help + man |
--blink on|off | Turns blink mode on or off. | help + man |
--underline on|off | Turns underline mode on or off. | help + man |
--reverse on|off | on|off swap foreground and background colors | help + man |
--clear all|rest | Without an argument or with the argument all, the entire screen is cleared and the cursor is set to the home position, just like clear(1) does. | help + man |
--tabs number>... | Sets tab stops at the given horizontal cursor positions, in the range 1-160. | help + man |
--clrtabs number>... | Clears tab stops from the given horizontal cursor positions, in the range 1-160. | help + man |
--regtabs 1-160 | Clears all tab stops, then sets a regular tab stop pattern, with one tab every specified number of positions. | help + man |
--blank 0-60|force|poke | Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked (using APM if available). | help + man |
--dump number | Writes a snapshot of the virtual console with the given number to the file specified with the --file option, overwriting its contents; | help + man |
--append number | Like --dump, but appends to the snapshot file instead of overwriting it. | help + man |
--file filename | Sets the snapshot file name for any --dump or --append options on the same command line. | help + man |
--powersave on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off | set vesa powersaving features | help + man |
--powerdown 0-60 | Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes. | help + man |
--blength 0-2000 | Sets the bell duration in milliseconds. | help + man |
--bfreq number | Sets the bell frequency in Hertz. | help + man |
--help | Display help text and exit. | help + man |
--version | Display version and exit. | help + man |