tput command in AIX

[Paul Maclauchlan]

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Does anyone know why the tput command doesn't support line and column
arguments when using the "cup" capability, ie:

               tput cup 5 10

should move the cursor to line 5, column 10.  Instead you get the error

               tput: usage: "tput [-Tterm] capname"

I would have thought that this was an unsupported feature, except that the
version of tput on SunOS 4.1 that we have here works fine (/usr/5bin/tput).
The usage message on the sun even reflects this:

sun1# /usr/5bin/tput
usage: "/usr/5bin/tput [-T term] capname [tparm argument...]"

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can reply through paul.

Thanks in advance,

Scott McCambly                                (...!moore!bragrt!bragotrt!scott)
The Braegen Group						Ottawa, Ontario
(613)235-9364                                                        Canada

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