infotocap

infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

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

infotocap looks in file for terminfo descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard output. Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities.

-v

print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.

-V

print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.

-1

cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters.

-w

change the output to width characters.

/usr/share/terminfo

Compiled terminal description database.

This utility is actually a link to tic, running in -C mode. You can use other tic options such as -f and -x.

curses(3X), tic(1M), infocmp(1M), terminfo(5)

This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20090207).