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7.Dd
8.Dt TERM 7
9.Os ATT 32v
10.Sh NAME
11.Nm term
12.Nd conventional names for terminals
13.Sh DESCRIPTION
14Certain commands use these terminal names. They are maintained
15as part of the shell environment (see
16.Xr sh  1  ,
17.Xr environ  7  ) .
18.Pp
19.Ds I
20.Cw network
21.Cl adm3a	Lear Seigler Adm-3a
22.Cl 2621	Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
23.Cl hp	Hewlett-Packard HP264? series terminals
24.Cl c100	Human Designed Systems Concept 100
25.Cl h19	Heathkit H19
26.Cl mime	Microterm mime in enhanced ACT IV mode
27.Cl 735	Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
28.Cl 745	Texas Instruments TI745
29.Cl dumb	terminals with no special features
30.Cl dialup	a terminal on a phone line with no known characteristics
31.Cl network	a terminal on a network connection with no known characteristics
32.Cl xterm	a workstation running X
33.Cl 4014	Tektronix 4014
34.Cl vt100	Digital Equipment Corp. VT100
35.Cw
36.De
37.Pp
38The list goes on and on.
39Consult
40.Pa /usr/share/misc/termcap (see
41.Xr termcap  5  )
42for an up-to-date and locally correct list.
43.Pp
44Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal either consult TERM in
45the environment, or accept arguments of the form
46.Fl Tterm ,
47where
48.Nm term
49is one of the names given above.
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr stty 1 ,
52.Xr tabs 1 ,
53.Xr plot 1
54.Xr sh 1 ,
55.Xr environ 7
56.Xr ex 1 ,
57.Xr clear 1 ,
58.Xr more 1 ,
59.Xr ul 1 ,
60.Xr tset 1 ,
61.Xr termcap 5 ,
62.Xr termcap 3 ,
63.Xr ttys 5
64.Xr troff 1
65.Sh BUGS
66The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature do so only fitfully.
67.Sh HISTORY
68.Nm Term
69appeared in Version 32 AT&T UNIX.
70