Commands

captoinfo

[-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file

Convert termcap entry to a description of a terminfo entry.

Example: To convert the entire default termcap file and send the results to standard out, use

captoinfo

-v Output the specified (1–10) level of debugging information.
-V Display version information and exit.
-1 Output fields one per line.
-w Specify the width of output.

clear

Clear the terminal display screen.

Example: To clear all the characters currently displayed off your screen, use

clear

dumpkeys

[ -hilfn -ccharset --help --short-info --long-info --numeric --full-table --funcs-only --keys-only --compose-only --charset=charset ]

Write to standard output the current contents of the keyboard mapping tables. It is usually ...

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