NAME
	  tput - Queries the terminal information database

     SYNOPSIS
	  tput [-T type] capability_name


	  The tput command uses	the terminfo database to make
	  terminal-dependent information available to the shell.

     FLAGS
	  -T type
	      Specifies	the type of terminal.  By default, the value
	      of type is taken from the	environment variable $TERM.


     DESCRIPTION
	  The capability_name argument indicates the attribute from
	  the terminfo file.  The output of tput is a string if	the
	  attribute capability_name is of the type string, or an
	  integer if the attribute is of the type integer.  If
	  capability_name is of	the type Boolean, tput sets the	exit
	  value	(0 for TRUE, 1 for FALSE) and produces no other	out-
	  put.	For more information, see terminfo(4) in the OSF/1
	  Programmer's Reference.

	  The following	are among the strings that can be entered as
	  the capability_name argument:


	  clear
	      Displays the clear-screen	sequence.

	  init
	      Displays the sequence that initializes the user's	termi-
	      nal.

	  reset
	      Displays the sequence that resets	the user's terminal.


     EXAMPLES
	   1.  To echo the clear-screen	sequence for the current ter-
	       minal, enter:

	       tput clear



	   2.  To display the number of	columns	for the	current	termi-
	       nal, enter:

	       tput cols



	   3.  To set and unset	the highlight-mode sequences for the
	       current terminal, enter:

	       bold=`tput smso`
	       unbold=`tput rmso`



	       This is followed	by a prompt:

	       echo  "${bold}Please  type  in  your  name:${unbold} \c"



	   4.  To set the exit value to	indicate if the	current	termi-
	       nal is a	hard-copy terminal, enter:

	       tput  hc



     FILES
	  /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*
			Terminal information database.

	  /usr/include/term.h
			Definition files.

	  /usr/include/curses.h
			curses library definition file.


     EXIT VALUES
	  0   Success or FALSE Boolean value.

	  1   TRUE Boolean value.

	  2   Usage error.

	  3   No information on	terminal.

	  4   Capability is invalid.


     RELATED INFORMATION
	  Commands:  stty(1).

	  Files:  terminfo(4).