| Author | Thomas E. Dickey, |
| Juergen Pfeifer, | |
| Eric S Raymond, | |
| Alexander V Lukyanov, | |
| Philippe Blain, | |
| Sven Verdoolaege | |
| Maintainer(s) | |
| Released | 1993 |
| Source | ncurses.ftp |
| Man | |
| Info | ncurses.web |
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The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the discontinued 4.4 BSD classic curses library.
| CMD | MAN | DESCRIPTION |
| captoinfo | (1m) | convert a termcap description into a terminfo description |
| clear | (3x) | clear all or part of a curses window |
| clear | (1) | clear the terminal screen |
| infocmp | (1m) | compare or print out terminfo descriptions |
| infotocap | (1m) | convert a terminfo description into a termcap description |
| reset | (1) | terminal initialization |
| tabs | (1) | set tabs on a terminal |
| tabs | (1p) | set terminal tabs |
| tic | (1m) | the terminfo entry-description compiler |
| toe | (1m) | table of (terminfo) entries |
| tput | (1) | initialize a terminal or query terminfo database |
| tput | (1p) | change terminal characteristics |
| tset | (1) | terminal initialization |
show warning message if user is not root:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
[ "$(id -ur)" = 0 ] ||
{
tput bold; tput setaf 1
cat << EOF
Run as root. Exit.
EOF
tput sgr0; exit 1
}