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NAME
       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

SYNOPSIS
       infotocap [-vn width]  [-V] [-1] [-w width] file ...

DESCRIPTION
       infotocap  looks  in  each  given text file for terminfo descriptions.  For each terminfo de‐
       scription found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard  output.   Terminfo
       use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities.

       -v   print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.

       -V   print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.

       -1   cause the fields to print out one to a line.  Otherwise, the fields will be printed sev‐
            eral to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters.

       -w   change the output to width characters.

FILES
       /etc/terminfo       Compiled terminal description database.

NOTES
       This utility is actually a link to tic, running in -C mode.  You can use  other  tic  options
       such as -f and  -x.

PORTABILITY
       None of X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009), SVr4 or NetBSD document this application.

SEE ALSO
       infocmp(1), tic(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5)

       This describes ncurses version 6.3 (patch 20211021).

AUTHOR
       Eric S. Raymond <esr AT snark.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey AT invisible-island.net>



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