reset Command
Purpose
Initializes terminals.
Syntax
reset [ -e C ] [ -k C ] [ -i C ] [ - ] [ -s ] [ -n ] [ -I ] [ -Q ] [ -m [ Identifier ] [ TestBaudRate ] :Type ] ... [ Type ]
Description
The reset command is a link to the tset command. If the tset command is run as the reset command, it performs the following actions before any terminal-dependent processing is done:
- Set Cooked and Echo modes to on
- Turn off cbreak and Raw modes
- Turn on new-line translation
- Restore special characters to a sensible state.
Any special character that is found to be NULL or -1 is reset to its default value. All flags to the tset command can be used with the reset command.
The reset command is most useful when a program dies and leaves a terminal in an undesirable state. The sequence <LF>reset<LF> (where <LF> is Ctrl-J, the line feed) may be required to get the reset command to run successfully since carriage-return might not work in this state. The <LF>reset<LF> sequence frequently will not be echoed.
Flags
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| - | The name of the terminal decided upon is output to standard output. This is intended to be captured by the shell and placed in the TERM environment variable. |
| -e C | Set the erase character to the character specified by the C variable on all terminals. The default is the backspace character on the terminal, usually ^ (cedilla). The character C can either be typed directly or entered using the ^ (cedilla). |
| -I | Suppresses transmission of terminal initialization strings. |
| -i C | Is similar to the -e flag, but uses the interrupt character rather than the erase character. The C variable defaults to ^C. The ^ character can also be used for this option. |
| -k C | Is similar to the -e flag, except uses the line-kill character rather than the erase character. The C variable defaults to ^X. The kill character is left alone if -k is not specified. The ^ character can also be used for this option. |
| -mIdentifierTestbaudRate:Type | Specifies which terminal type (in the Type parameter) is usually used on the port identified in the Identifier parameter. A missing identifier matches all identifiers. You can optionally specify the baud rate in the TestBaudRate parameter. |
| -n | On systems with the Berkeley 4.3 tty driver, specifies that the new tty driver modes should be initialized for this terminal. For a CRT, the CRTERASE and CRTKILL modes are set only if the baud rate is 1200 bps or greater. See the tty file for more information. |
| -Q | Suppresses printing of the Erase set to and Kill set to messages. |
| -s | Prints the sequence of csh commands that initialize the TERM environment variable, based on the name of the terminal decided upon. |
Files
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/* | Contains the terminal capability database. |