.CD "tset \(en set the $TERM variable"
.SX "tset\fR [\fIdevice\fR]"
.FL "\fR(none)"
.EY "eval \`tset\`" "Set TERM"
.PP
\fITset\fR is used almost exclusively to set the shell variable TERM from
inside profiles.  If an argument is supplied, that is used as the value of
TERM.  Otherwise it looks in \fI/etc/ttytype\fR.



.SP 1.5