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Re: [tlug] ssh: No value for $TERM and no -T specified



> 
> I've been under the impression that $TERM you have on your local machine
> gets carried over... for example, if I have $TERM set to xterm on my local
> machine, then it's most likely still xterm when I ssh to a remote host,
> unless one of my rc files on the remote host overwrites it.
> 

That is how it is supposed to work. You can always try:
ssh <host> echo $TERM

On my quick tests it seems that atleast with ssh 3.1 the TERM
carries over.  YMMV

--Matt

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