examples/functions/term

   1 #
   2 # term -- a shell function to set the terminal type interactively or not.
   3 #
   4
   5 term()
   6 {
   7         local   t
   8
   9         if [ $# != 0 ] ; then
  10                 eval $(tset -sQ $1)
  11         else                            # interactive
  12                 if [ -z "$TERM" ] ; then
  13                         TERM="unknown"
  14                 fi
  15
  16                 case "$TERM" in
  17                         network|dialup|unknown|lat)
  18                                 TERM=unknown
  19                                 ;;
  20                         *)
  21                                 eval $(tset -sQ)
  22                                 ;;
  23                 esac
  24
  25                 while [ "$TERM" = "unknown" ] ; do
  26                         echo -n "Terminal type: "
  27                         read t
  28                         if [ -n "$t" ] ; then
  29                                 eval $(tset -sQ $t)
  30                         fi
  31                 done
  32         fi
  33 }
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