NAME

infocmp — compare or print compiled terminfo descriptions

SYNOPSIS

infocmp

[-1acnqux] [-A database] [-B database] [-w cols] [term ...]

DESCRIPTION

The infocmp reconstructs the first available terminfo(5) definition found for term and prints the result in a terminfo(5) format. Capability types are grouped together and new types start new lines, first flags, then numbers, then strings. Capabilities are sorted by their name. If a second term is given then the capabilities are compared against each other.

The following options are available:

-1

Print one capability per line.

-A database

Use this database to load the first terminal definition.

-B database

Use this database to load subsequent terminal definitions.

-a

Include commented out capabilities. This only works if the database was compiled with the -a flag passed to tic(1). This also sets the -x flag as infocmp retains commented out capabilities as non standard.

-c

Print capabilities common to each definition.

-n

Print capabilities that do not exist in either definition.

-q

Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings and using - for absent capabilities, @ for canceled capabilities rather than NULL.

-u

Build a new terminal description for the first terminal description, using subsequent terminal descriptions. This also sets the -a flag.

-w cols

Limit the width to cols.

-x

Include non-standard capabilities. More -x only handles non-standard capabilities. This only works if the database was compiled with the -x flag passed to tic(1).

ENVIRONMENT

COLUMNS

Override columns returned by the output terminal. -w cols supersedes this.

TERM

infocmp uses the contents of the TERM environment variable if no terminal name is given on the command line.

EXIT STATUS

The infocmp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

tic(1), terminfo(5)

STANDARDS

The infocmp utility outputs information that conforms to the X/Open Curses Issue 4, Version 2 (“XCURSES4.2”) standard.

AUTHORS

Roy Marples <roy@NetBSD.org>