Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

tset

Synopsis

    tset [options] [type]

Set terminal modes. Without arguments, the terminal is reinitialized according to the TERM environment variable. tset is typically used in startup scripts (.profile or .login). type is the terminal type; if preceded by a ?, tset prompts the user to enter a different type, if needed. Press the ENTER key to use the default value, type. On Solaris, this command is found is /usr/ucb. See also reset.

Common Options

-

Print terminal name on standard output; useful for passing this value to TERM.

-e c

Set erase character to c; default is ^H (backspace).

-i c

Set interrupt character to c (default is ^C).

-I

Do not output terminal initialization setting.

-k c

Set line-kill character to c (default is ^U).

-m[port[baudrate]:type]

Declare terminal specifications. port is the port type (usually dialup or plugboard). tty is the terminal type; it can be preceded by ? as above. baudrate checks the port speed and can be preceded by any of these characters:

>	Port must be greater than baudrate.
<	Port must be less than baudrate.
@	Port must transmit at baudrate.
!	Negate a subsequent >, <, or @ character.
?	Prompt for the terminal type. With no response, use the given type.

-Q

Do not print “Erase set to” and “Kill set to” messages.

-r

Report the terminal type.

-s

Return the values of TERM assignments to shell environment. This is a commonly done via eval 'tset -s' (in the C shell, you would surround this with the commands set noglob and unset ...