File termerase.1 of Package ncurses

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.\" Copyright 2025 Werner Fink                                               *
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.TH termerase 1 2025-09-23 "ncurses" "User commands"
.SH NAME
termerase \- reports the erase character found in terminfo database for variable TERM
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtermerase\fP [\fB\-h|--help\fP] [\fB\-t \fIterminal-type\fP|--term \fIterminal-type\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program reports the erase character, known as
.B capname kbs
of the used terminfo database for the environment variable
.BR TERM .
The environment variable
.B TERM
can be overwritten by the option \*(``\fB\-t\fP\*('' or as long option \*(``\fB\-\-term\fP\*(''
which requires a valid terminal-type of the terminfo database.
.SH COMPATIBILITY
The program \fBtermerase\fP is a SUSE extension.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /usr/share/terminfo
compiled terminal description database directory
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB\%tset\fP(1),
\fB\%stty\fP(1),