1term(5)               Standards, Environments, and Macros              term(5)
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NAME

6       term - conventional names for terminals
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DESCRIPTION

9       Terminal  names  are maintained as part of the shell environment in the
10       environment variable TERM.   See  sh(1),  profile(4),  and  environ(5).
11       These  names are used by certain commands (for example, tabs, tput, and
12       vi) and certain functions (for example, see curses(3CURSES)).
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15       Files under /usr/share/lib/terminfo are  used  to  name  terminals  and
16       describe their capabilities. These files are in the format described in
17       terminfo(4). Entries in terminfo source files consist of  a  number  of
18       comma-separated fields. To print a description of a terminal  term, use
19       the command  infocmp -I term. See infocmp(1M). White space  after  each
20       comma  is  ignored.  The first line of each terminal description in the
21       terminfo database gives the names by which  terminfo knows  the  termi‐
22       nal,  separated by bar (|) characters. The first name given is the most
23       common abbreviation for the terminal (this is the one to use to set the
24       environment  variable  TERMINFO in $HOME/.profile; see profile(4)), the
25       last name given should be a long name fully identifying  the  terminal,
26       and  all  others  are understood as synonyms for the terminal name. All
27       names but the last should contain no blanks and must be unique  in  the
28       first 14 characters; the last name may contain blanks for readability.
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31       Terminal  names  (except  for the last, verbose entry) should be chosen
32       using the following conventions. The particular piece of hardware  mak‐
33       ing  up  the  terminal should have a root name chosen, for example, for
34       the AT&T 4425 terminal, att4425. This name should not contain  hyphens,
35       except  that  synonyms  may  be  chosen that do not conflict with other
36       names. Up to 8 characters, chosen from  the  set  a  through  z  and  0
37       through  9,  make  up  a basic terminal name. Names should generally be
38       based on original vendors rather than local  distributors.  A  terminal
39       acquired  from  one vendor should not have more than one distinct basic
40       name. Terminal sub-models, operational modes that the hardware  can  be
41       in,  or  user preferences should be indicated by appending a hyphen and
42       an indicator of the mode. Thus, an AT&T 4425  terminal  in  132  column
43       mode  is  att4425−w. The following suffixes should be used where possi‐
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50       −w                   Wide mode (more than 80 columns)       att4425−w
51       −am                  With auto. margins (usually default)   vt100−am
52       −nam                 Without automatic margins              vt100−nam
53n                   Number of lines on the screen          aaa−60
54       −na                  No arrow keys (leave them in local)    c100−na
55       −np                  Number of pages of memory              c100−4p
56       −rv                  Reverse video                          att4415−rv
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61       different modes of a terminal (for example, -w), it is recommended that
62       a terminal's root name not contain hyphens. Further, it is  good  prac‐
63       tice  to  make  all  terminal  names  used in the  terminfo(4) database
64       unique. Terminal entries that are present only for inclusion  in  other
65       entries  via the use= facilities should have a '+' in their name, as in
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69       Here are some of the known terminal names: (For a complete list,  enter
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75       2621,hp2621             Hewlett-Packard 2621 series
76       2631                    Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer
77       2631−c                  Hewlett-Packard  2631 line printer, com‐
78                               pressed mode
79       2631−e                  Hewlett-Packard   2631   line   printer,
80                               expanded mode
81       2640,hp2640             Hewlett-Packard 2640 series
82       2645,hp2645             Hewlett-Packard 2645 series
83       3270                    IBM Model 3270
84       33,tty33                AT&T Teletype Model 33 KSR
85       35,tty35                AT&T Teletype Model 35 KSR
86       37,tty37                AT&T Teletype Model 37 KSR
87       4000a                   Trendata 4000a
88       4014,tek4014            TEKTRONIX 4014
89       40,tty40                AT&T Teletype Dataspeed 40/2
90       43,tty43                AT&T Teletype Model 43 KSR
91       4410,5410               AT&T  4410/5410  in 80-column mode, ver‐
92                               sion 2
93       4410−nfk,5410−nfk       AT&T 4410/5410  without  function  keys,
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95       4410−nsl,5410−nsl       AT&T 4410/5410 without pln defined
96       4410−w,5410−w           AT&T 4410/5410 in 132-column mode
97       4410v1,5410v1           AT&T  4410/5410  in 80-column mode, ver‐
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99       4410v1−w,5410v1−w       AT&T 4410/5410 in 132-column mode,  ver‐
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101       4415,5420               AT&T 4415/5420 in 80-column mode
102       4415−nl,5420−nl         AT&T 4415/5420 without changing labels
103       4415−rv,5420−rv         AT&T  4415/5420  80  columns  in reverse
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105       4415−rv−nl,5420−rv−nl   AT&T  4415/5420  reverse  video  without
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107       4415−w,5420−w           AT&T 4415/5420 in 132-column mode
108       4415−w−nl,5420−w−nl     AT&T  4415/5420 in 132-column mode with‐
109                               out changing labels
110       4415−w−rv,5420−w−rv     AT&T 4415/5420 132  columns  in  reverse
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112       4418,5418               AT&T 5418 in 80-column mode
113       4418−w,5418−w           AT&T 5418 in 132-column mode
114       4420                    AT&T Teletype Model 4420
115       4424                    AT&T Teletype Model 4424
116       4424-2                  AT&T  Teletype  Model  4424  in  display
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118       4425,5425                AT&T 4425/5425
119       4425−fk,5425−fk         AT&T 4425/5425 without function keys
120       4425−nl,5425−nl         AT&T 4425/5425 without  changing  labels
121                               in 80-column mode
122       4425−w,5425−w           AT&T 4425/5425 in 132-column mode
123       4425−w−fk,5425−w−fk     AT&T  4425/5425 without function keys in
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125       4425−nl−w,5425−nl−w     AT&T 4425/5425 without  changing  labels
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127       4426                    AT&T Teletype Model 4426S
128       450                     DASI 450 (same as Diablo 1620)
129       450−12                  DASI 450 in 12-pitch mode
130       500,att500              AT&T-IS 500 terminal
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134       5320                    AT&T 5320 hardcopy terminal
135       5420_2                  AT&T 5420 model 2 in 80-column mode
136       5420_2−w                AT&T 5420 model 2 in 132-column mode
137       5620,dmd                AT&T 5620 terminal 88 columns
138       5620−24,dmd−24          AT&T  Teletype Model DMD 5620 in a 24x80
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140       5620−34,dmd−34          AT&T Teletype Model DMD 5620 in a  34x80
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142       610,610bct              AT&T 610 bct terminal in 80-column mode
143       610−w,610bct−w          AT&T 610 bct terminal in 132-column mode
144       630,630MTG              AT&T 630 Multi-Tasking Graphics terminal
145       7300,pc7300,unix_pc     AT&T UNIX PC Model 7300
146       735,ti                  Texas Instruments TI735 and TI725
147       745                     Texas Instruments TI745
148       dumb                    generic  name  for  terminals  that lack
149                               reverse  line-feed  and  other   special
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151       hp                      Hewlett-Packard (same as 2645)
152       lp                      generic name for a line printer
153       pt505                   AT&T Personal Terminal 505 (22 lines)
154       pt505−24                AT&T   Personal  Terminal  505  (24-line
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156       sync                    generic name  for  synchronous  Teletype
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161       Commands  whose  behavior depends on the type of terminal should accept
162       arguments of the form -Tterm where term  is  one  of  the  names  given
163       above;  if no such argument is present, such commands should obtain the
164       terminal type from the  environment  variable  TERM,  which,  in  turn,
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FILES

168       /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*
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SEE ALSO

174       sh(1),  stty(1), tabs(1), tput(1), vi(1), infocmp(1M), curses(3CURSES),
175       profile(4), terminfo(4), environ(5)
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179SunOS 5.11                        3 Jul 1990                           term(5)
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