How to change terminal type?

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To change the terminal type in a Linux environment, you can set the TERM environment variable to the desired terminal type. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Open your terminal.

  2. Use the export command to set the TERM variable. For example, to change it to xterm, you would run:

    export TERM=xterm
  3. To verify the change, you can check the value of TERM by running:

    echo $TERM

This will display the new terminal type you set.

Keep in mind that changing the terminal type may affect how applications behave, so choose a terminal type that is compatible with your terminal emulator. If you want this change to persist across sessions, you can add the export command to your shell's configuration file (like ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile).

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