21
Apr
Posted by Derek@TheDailyLinux in Tips and Tricks » Add Comment » 

Set Linux Terminal Console Column Width

A quick trick I learned today was how to set the column width for a terminal console with stty. This way, the shell acts a bit more normal.

stty cols 80

A snippit from the stty man page reveals some more information and tricks:

* cols N
	      tell the kernel that the terminal has N columns
* rows N
	      tell the kernel that the terminal has N rows
* size print the number of rows and columns according to the kernel

I didn’t realize how useful this program was! Certainly worth taking a deeper look into if your always consoled into your embedded Linux system.

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