initialize a terminal, exercise its capabilities, or query terminfo database NAME tput - initialize a terminal, exercise its capabilities, or query terminfo database SYNOPSIS t......s Issue 7 (POSIX.1-2008) nor X/Open Curses Issue 7 documents clear . The latter documents tput , which could be used to replace this utility either via a shell script or by an a…...onfigured to use hard tabs, e.g., stty tab0 Like clear (1), tabs writes to the standard output. You can redirect the standard output to a file (which prevents tabs from actually…...t terminal attributes SYNOPSIS setterm [options] DESCRIPTION setterm writes to standard output a character string that will invoke the specified terminal capabilities. Where pos…...gs for your terminal. It does this by successively testing the standard error, standard output, standard input and ultimately “/dev/tty” to obtain terminal settings. Having retr…...gs for your terminal. It does this by successively testing the standard error, standard output, standard input and ultimately “/dev/tty” to obtain terminal settings. Having retr…