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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
agetty \- alternative Linux getty
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR "agetty " [\-8ihLmnw]
+.BR "agetty " [\-8ihLmnUw]
.RI "[-f " issue_file ]
.RI "[-l " login_program ]
.RI "[-I " init ]
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ Force the line to be a local line with no need for carrier detect. This can
be useful when you have a locally attached terminal where the serial line
does not set the carrier detect signal.
.TP
+\-U
+Turn on support for detecting an uppercase only terminal. This setting will
+detect a login name containing only capitals as indicating an uppercase
+only terminal and turn on some upper to lower case conversions. Note that
+this has no support for any unicode characters.
+.TP
\-w
Wait for the user or the modem to send a carriage-return or a
linefeed character before sending the \fI/etc/issue\fP (or other) file