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Topics to Study

  • Parameterized Strings
  • ncurses
  • X/Open Curses

  • grep(1), egrep, fgrep, rgrep - print lines that match patterns

    • See ~/notes/linux/tools/grep.md

Stuff to check out that's not installed:

  • nvi(1)
  • mutt(1)
  • sleuthkit
  • plocate

For C programming

PRINTF(3)

Control Sequence Produces
\n newline
\l line-feed
\r return
\t tab
\b backspace
\f form-feed
\s space
\E and \e escape character
^x control-x (x=char)

Core Terminal Info (TermInfo) Manipulation

  • clear(1) - - clear the terminal screen
  • tabs(1) - set tabs on a terminal
  • terminfo(5) - terminal capability database
  • tic(1) - the terminfo entry-description compiler
  • term(5) - format of compiled term file.
  • infocmp(1) - compare or print out terminfo descriptions
  • user_caps(5) - user-defined terminfo capabilities