TERMCAP(5) - File Formats Manual

TERMCAP(5) - File Formats Manual # TERMCAP(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # termcap - terminal capability database DESCRIPTION # The termcap file is a database describing terminals, used, for example, by vi(1) and curses(3). Terminals are described in termcap by giving a set of capabilities that they have and by describing how operations are performed. Padding requirements and initialization sequences are included in termcap. Entries in termcap consist of a number of `:’-separated fields. ...