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NAME
       toe - list table	of entries of terminfo terminal	types

SYNOPSIS
       toe [-ahs] [-v [n]] [directory ...]

       toe [-u|-U] file

       toe -V

DESCRIPTION
       toe  reports  to	the standard output stream the (primary) names and de-
       scriptions of the terminal types	available  to  the  terminfo  library.
       Each  directory	is  scanned;  if none are given, toe scans the default
       terminfo	directory.

OPTIONS
       The -h option can be helpful to observe where toe is looking for	termi-
       nal descriptions.  Other	options	support	maintainers of terminfo	termi-
       nal descriptions.

       -a	lists entries from all terminal	database directories that ter-
		minfo would search, instead of only the	first that it finds.

		If  -s	is  also  given,  toe	additionally   reports,	  like
		conflict(1),  which  entries  correspond  to  a	given terminal
		database.  An "*" marks	entries	that  differ,  and  "+"	 marks
		equivalent entries.

		Without	 the  -s  option, toe does not attempt to merge	dupli-
		cates in its report.

       -h	writes a heading naming	each each directory as it is accessed.

       -s	sorts the output by the	entry names.

       -u file	lists terminal type dependencies in  file,  a  terminfo	 entry
		source	or  termcap  database file.  The report	summarizes the
		"use" (terminfo) and tc	(termcap) relations:  each  line  com-
		prises	the  primary  name of a	terminal type employing	use/tc
		capabilities, a	colon, a space-	and tab-separated list of pri-
		mary names of terminal types thus named, and a newline.

       -U file	lists terminal type reverse dependencies in file,  a  terminfo
		entry  source or termcap database file.	 The report summarizes
		the "use" (terminfo) and tc (termcap) reverse relations:  each
		line  comprises	 the primary name of a terminal	type occurring
		in use/tc capabilities,	a colon, a  space-  and	 tab-separated
		list  of primary names of terminal types naming	them thus, and
		a newline.

       -v [n]	reports	verbose	 status	 information  to  the  standard	 error
		stream,	showing	toe's progress.

		The optional parameter n is an integer between 1 and 10	inclu-
		sive, interpreted as for tic(1M).  If ncurses is built without
		tracing	support, n is ignored.

       -V	reports	 the  version  of ncurses associated with this program
		and exits with a successful status.

FILES
       /usr/share/misc/terminfo
	      compiled terminal	description database

PORTABILITY
       toe is not provided by other implementations.  There is	no  applicable
       X/Open or POSIX standard	for it.

HISTORY
       toe  replaces  a	 -T  option  that was briefly supported	by the ncurses
       infocmp utility in 1995.

       The -a and -s options were added	in 2006	and 2011, respectively.

       The program's name originates with a developer's	pun:

          tic,

          tac (now tack),

          toe.

EXAMPLES
       When not	sorting	with the -s option, the	-a option reports all  of  the
       names  found  in	 all of	the terminal database directories named	in the
       TERMINFO	and TERMINFO_DIRS environment variables.

	   xterm-color	   generic color xterm
	   xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)
	   xterm-vt220	   xterm emulating vt220
	   xterm-256color  xterm with 256 colors
	   xterm-r6	   xterm X11R6 version
	   xterm-r5	   xterm R5 version
	   xterm-mono	   monochrome xterm
	   xterm	   xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
	   vt220	   dec vt220
	   vt102	   dec vt102
	   vt100	   dec vt100 (w/advanced video)
	   vt52		   dec vt52
	   ...

       Use the -a and -s options together to show where	each terminal descrip-
       tion was	found.

	   --> /etc/terminfo
	   ----> /lib/terminfo
	   ------> /usr/share/terminfo
	   --*---: vt100	   dec vt100 (w/advanced video)
	   --*---: vt102	   dec vt102
	   --*---: vt220	   dec vt220
	   --*---: vt52		   dec vt52
	   --*---: xterm	   xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
	   --*---: xterm-256color  xterm with 256 colors
	   --*---: xterm-color	   generic color xterm
	   --*---: xterm-mono	   monochrome xterm
	   --*---: xterm-r5	   xterm R5 version
	   --*---: xterm-r6	   xterm X11R6 version
	   --*---: xterm-vt220	   xterm emulating vt220
	   --*---: xterm-xfree86   xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)
	   ...

SEE ALSO
       captoinfo(1M),	infocmp(1M),   infotocap(1M),	tic(1M),   curses(3X),
       terminfo(5)

ncurses	6.5			  2024-04-20			       toe(1M)

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