INFOCMP(1) BSD General Commands Manual INFOCMP(1)
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>
BSD
February 5, 2010 BSD