NAME
    setterm - set terminal attributes

SYNOPSIS
    setterm [options]

DESCRIPTION
    setterm writes to standard output a character string that will invoke
    the specified terminal capabilities. Where possible terminfo is con-
    sulted to find the string to use. Some options however (marked "vir-
    tual consoles only" below) do not correspond to a terminfo(5) capabil-
    ity. In this case, if the terminal type is "con" or "linux" the string
    that invokes the specified capabilities on the PC Minix virtual console
    driver is output. Options that are not implemented by the terminal are
    ignored.

OPTIONS
    For boolean options (on or off), the default is on.

    For conciseness, an 8-color below is black, red, green, yellow,  blue,
    magenta, cyan, or white.

    A 16-color is an 8-color, grey, or bright followed by red, green, yel-
    low, blue, magenta, cyan, or white.

    The various color options may be set independently, at least at virtual
    consoles, though the results of setting multiple modes (for example,
    -underline and -half-bright) are hardware-dependent.

    -term terminal_name
    Overrides the TERM environment variable.

    -reset Displays the terminal reset string, which typically resets the
    terminal to its power on state.

    -initialize
    Displays the terminal initialization string, which typically
    sets the terminal's rendering options, and other attributes to
    the default values.

    -cursor [on|off]
    Turns the terminal's cursor on or off.

    -repeat [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
    Turns keyboard repeat on or off.

    -appcursorkeys [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
    Sets Cursor Key  Application Mode on or off. When on, ESC O A,
    ESC O B, etc. will be sent for the cursor keys instead of ESC [
    A, ESC [ B, etc. See the "vi and Cursor-Keys" section of the
    Text-Terminal-HOWTO for how this  can cause problems for vi
    users.

    -linewrap [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
    Turns automatic line-wrapping on or off.

    -default
    Sets the terminal's rendering options to the default values.

    -foreground 8-color|default (virtual consoles only)
    Sets the foreground text color.

    -background 8-color|default (virtual consoles only)
    Sets the background text color.

    -ulcolor 16-color (virtual consoles only)
    Sets the color for underlined characters.

    -hbcolor 16-color (virtual consoles only)
    Sets the color for half-bright characters.

    -inversescreen [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
    Inverts the screen colors.  Foreground and background are
    swapped, as are underline and half-brightness.

    -bold [on|off]
    Turns bold (extra bright) mode on or off.  Except at a virtual
    console, -bold off turns off all attributes (bold, half-bright-
    ness, blink, reverse).

    -half-bright [on|off]
    Turns dim (half-brightness) mode  on or  off (see -hbcolor).
    Except at a virtual console, -half-bright off turns off all
    attributes (bold, half-brightness, blink, reverse).

    -blink [on|off]
    Turns blink mode on or off. Except at a virtual console, -blink
    off turns off all attributes (bold, half-brightness, blink,
    reverse).

    -reverse [on|off]
    Turns reverse video mode on or off. Except at a  virtual con-
    sole, -reverse off turns off all attributes (bold, half-bright-
    ness, blink, reverse).

    -underline [on|off]
    Turns underline mode on or off (see -ulcolor).

    -store (virtual consoles only)
    Stores the terminal's current rendering options as the default
    values.

    -clear [all]
    Clears the screen and "homes" the cursor, as clear(1).

    -clear rest
    Clears from the  current cursor position to the end of the
    screen.

    -tabs [tab1 tab2 tab3 ...] (virtual consoles only)
    Sets tab stops at the given horizontal cursor positions, in the
    range 1-160. Without arguments, shows the current tab stop set-
    tings.

    -clrtabs [tab1 tab2 tab3 ...] (virtual consoles only)
    Clears tab stops from the given horizontal cursor positions, in
    the range 1-160. Without arguments, clears all tab stops.

    -regtabs [1-160] (virtual consoles only)
    Clears all tab stops, then sets a regular tab stop pattern, with
    one tab every specified number of positions. Without an  argu-
    ment, defaults to 8.

    -blank [0-60] (virtual consoles only)
    Sets the  interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the
    screen will be automatically blanked (using APM if available).
    Without an argument, defaults to 0 (disable console blanking).

    -dump [1-NR_CONS]
    Writes a snapshot of the given virtual console (with attributes)
    to the file specified in the -file option, overwriting its con-
    tents; the default is screen.dump. Without an argument, dumps
    the current virtual console. Overrides -append.

    -append [1-NR_CONS]
    Like -dump, but appends to the snapshot file instead of  over-
    writing it. Only works if no -dump options are given.

    -file dumpfilename
    Sets the snapshot file name for any -dump or -append options on
    the same command line. If this option is not  present, the
    default is screen.dump in the current directory.

    -msg [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
    Enables or disables the sending of kernel printk() messages to
    the console.

    -msglevel 1-8 (virtual consoles only)
    Sets the console logging level for kernel printk() messages.
    All messages strictly more important than this will be printed,
    so a logging level of 0 has the same effect as -msg on and a
    logging level of 8 will print all kernel messages. klogd(8) may
    be a more convenient interface to the logging of kernel mes-
    sages.

    -powersave on|vsync
    Puts the monitor into VESA vsync suspend mode.

    -powersave hsync
    Puts the monitor into VESA hsync suspend mode.

    -powersave powerdown
    Puts the monitor into VESA powerdown mode.

    -powersave [off]
    Turns off monitor VESA powersaving features.

    -powerdown [0-60]
    Sets the  VESA powerdown interval in minutes. Without an argu-
    ment, defaults to 0 (disable powerdown).  If the console is
    blanked or the monitor is in suspend mode, then the monitor will
    go into vsync suspend mode or powerdown mode respectively  after
    this period of time has elapsed.

    -blength [0-2000]
    Sets the  bell duration in milliseconds. Without an argument,
    defaults to 0.

    -bfreq [freqnumber]
    Sets the bell frequency in Hz. Without an argument, defaults to
    0.

SEE ALSO
   tput(1),stty(1), terminfo(5),tty(4)

BUGS
    Differences between the Minix and Linux versions are not documented.