KBD(8)                  OpenBSD System Manager's Manual                 KBD(8)

NAME
     kbd - set national keyboard translation

SYNOPSIS
     kbd -l
     kbd [-q] name

DESCRIPTION
     kbd is used to change the keyboard encoding.  The execution of kbd nor-
     mally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc to set
     a national keyboard layout.

     If called as kbd -l, all available keyboard encodings are listed.

     If called as kbd name, the keyboard encoding will be set to name and a
     short message will be printed to stdout.  If the -q flag is present, kbd
     will be quiet unless an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     keycap(5)

OpenBSD 3.0                    February 1, 1996                              1
