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<H1 class="no-header">toe 1m 2025-11-11 ncurses 6.6 User commands</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> - list table of entries of <EM>terminfo</EM> terminal types
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> [<STRONG>-ahs</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-v</STRONG> [<EM>n</EM>]] [<EM>directory</EM> ...]
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> [<STRONG>-u</STRONG>|<STRONG>-U</STRONG>] <EM>file</EM>
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> <STRONG>-V</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> reports to the standard output stream the (primary) names and
descriptions of the terminal types available to the <EM>terminfo</EM> library.
Each <EM>directory</EM> is scanned; if none are given, <STRONG>toe</STRONG> scans the default
<EM>terminfo</EM> directory.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>-h</STRONG> option can be helpful to observe where <STRONG>toe</STRONG> is looking for
terminal descriptions. Other options support maintainers of <EM>terminfo</EM>
terminal descriptions.
<STRONG>-a</STRONG> lists entries from all terminal database directories that
<EM>terminfo</EM> would search, instead of only the first that it
finds.
If <STRONG>-s</STRONG> is also given, <STRONG>toe</STRONG> additionally reports, like
<STRONG>conflict(1)</STRONG>, which entries correspond to a given terminal
database. An "*" marks entries that differ, and "+" marks
equivalent entries.
Without the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option, <STRONG>toe</STRONG> does not attempt to merge
duplicates in its report.
<STRONG>-h</STRONG> writes a heading naming each directory as it is accessed.
<STRONG>-s</STRONG> sorts the output by the entry names.
<STRONG>-u</STRONG> <EM>file</EM> lists terminal type dependencies in <EM>file</EM>, a <EM>terminfo</EM> entry
source or <EM>termcap</EM> database file. The report summarizes the
"<STRONG>use</STRONG>" (<EM>terminfo</EM>) and <STRONG>tc</STRONG> (<EM>termcap</EM>) relations: each line
comprises the primary name of a terminal type employing <STRONG>use</STRONG>/<STRONG>tc</STRONG>
capabilities, a colon, a space- and tab-separated list of
primary names of terminal types thus named, and a newline.
<STRONG>-U</STRONG> <EM>file</EM> lists terminal type reverse dependencies in <EM>file</EM>, a <EM>terminfo</EM>
entry source or <EM>termcap</EM> database file. The report summarizes
the "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" (<EM>terminfo</EM>) and <STRONG>tc</STRONG> (<EM>termcap</EM>) reverse relations: each
line comprises the primary name of a terminal type occurring
in <STRONG>use</STRONG>/<STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities, a colon, a space- and tab-separated
list of primary names of terminal types naming them thus, and
a newline.
<STRONG>-v</STRONG> [<EM>n</EM>] reports verbose status information to the standard error
stream, showing <STRONG>toe</STRONG>'s progress.
The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is an integer between 1 and 10
inclusive, interpreted as for <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>. If <EM>ncurses</EM> is built
without tracing support, <EM>n</EM> is ignored.
<STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> associated with this program
and exits with a successful status.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
<EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
compiled terminal description database
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> is not provided by other implementations. There is no applicable
X/Open or POSIX standard for it.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>toe</STRONG> replaces a <STRONG>-T</STRONG> option that was briefly supported by the <EM>ncurses</EM>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> utility in 1995.
The <STRONG>-a</STRONG> and <STRONG>-s</STRONG> options were added in 2006 and 2011, respectively.
The program's name originates with a developer's pun:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>tic</STRONG>,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>tac</STRONG> (now <STRONG>tack</STRONG>),
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>toe</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></H2><PRE>
When not sorting with the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option, the <STRONG>-a</STRONG> option reports all of the
names found in all of the terminal database directories named in the
<EM>TERMINFO</EM> and <EM>TERMINFO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DIRS</EM> 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 <STRONG>-a</STRONG> and <STRONG>-s</STRONG> options together to show where each terminal
description 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)
...
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
ncurses 6.6 2025-11-11 <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>
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