clrunimap(8)

clrunimap8

Clear the current console unicode map

Usage

clrunimap [options]

Overview

The command clrunimap clears the unicode map (also called "Screen Font Map") for the current console.

Options

-C, --console=DEV

the console device to be used.

-V, --version

print version number.

-h, --help

print this usage message.

Notes

If you are not the maintainer of the kbd package, it is very unlikely that you want to use this command. On many kernels the result will be that your screen is black. On some kernels a reboot will be necessary.
Use setfont -u to load a Unicode map for a console.

From kbd 2.10.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.