term% cat index.txt TERM(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual TERM(7)
NAME
terminals - conventional names
DESCRIPTION
These names are used by certain commands and are maintained as part of
the shell environment (see sh(1),environ(5)).
adm3a Lear Seigler Adm-3a
2621 Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
1620 DIABLO 1620 (and others using HyType II)
300 DASI/DTC/GSI 300 (and others using HyType I)
33 Teletype Model 33
37 Teletype Model 37
43 Teletype Model 43
5620 Teletype Model 5620 dotmap display
735 Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
745 Texas Instruments TI745
dumb terminals with no special features
4014 Tektronix 4014
vt52 Digital Equipment Corp. VT52
The list goes on and on. Consult /etc/termcap (see termcap(5)) for an
up-to-date and locally correct list.
Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal either consult TERM
in the environment, or accept arguments of the form -Tterm, where term
is one of the names given above.
SEE ALSO
stty(1), tabs(1), plot(1), sh(1), environ(5) clear(1), underline(1),
stty(1), tset(1), termcap(5)
troff(1) for nroff
BUGS
The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature do so only fit‐
fully.
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