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Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/reset.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/reset.1 | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/reset.1 b/misc-utils/reset.1 index 06ce4b2b..46aea01e 100644 --- a/misc-utils/reset.1 +++ b/misc-utils/reset.1 @@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ with the arguments. This causes .B tput to send appropriate reset strings to the terminal based on information in -.IR /etc/termcap . +.I /etc/termcap +(for the GNU or BSD +.BR tput ) +or in the terminfo database +(for the +.B ncurses +.BR tput ). This sequence seems to be sufficient to reset the Linux VC's when they start printing "funny-looking" characters. For good measure, .BR stty (1) |