tget - get termcap values tget [ -flag id ] [ -num id ] [ -str id ] [ -goto "col line" ] [[ -echo ] string ] Tget allows shell scripts access to the termcap (3) functions. Flags, numbers and strings can be queried from the termcap database under the entry denoted by the environment variable $TERM .

-flag " id" Set the exit status to zero if the flag id is set. All other options except -echo set the exit status to id being available or not. The last option sets the final exit code.

-num " id" Print the value of the numeric variable id .

-str " id" Print the value of the string variable id .

-goto " col line" Generates instructions to go to the given column and line if the cm capability exists.

-echo " string" Prints string . Any other argument that does not start with a dash is also printed.

Try this: "tget -str so 'Reverse Video' -str se"

15n TERM Terminal type.

TERMCAP Path to the termcap database, by default /etc/termcap:/usr/etc/termcap.

termcap (3). Tget will fail immediately with a descriptive message if the termcap entry can't be found. Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)