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stty — Set or get options for a terminal device interface. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/

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Problem

How to use the stty command: Set or get options for a terminal device interface. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stty-invocation.html>.

Solution

stty — Set or get options for a terminal device interface. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stty-invocation.html>.

Display current terminal size:

stty size

Display all settings for the current terminal:

stty {{[-a|--all]}}

Set the number of rows or columns:

stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}

Get the actual transfer speed of a device:

stty {{[-F|--file]}} {{path/to/device_file}} speed

Reset all modes to reasonable values for the current terminal:

stty sane

Switch between raw and normal mode:

stty {{raw|cooked}}

Turn character echoing off or on:

stty {{-echo|echo}}

Display help:

stty --help

Code Snippets

Display current terminal size

stty size

Display all settings for the current terminal

stty {{[-a|--all]}}

Set the number of rows or columns

stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}

Get the actual transfer speed of a device

stty {{[-F|--file]}} {{path/to/device_file}} speed

Reset all modes to reasonable values for the current terminal

stty sane

Context

tldr-pages: common/stty

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