From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Sep 16 06:46:47 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5431216A4CF
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:46:47 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.27])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54CF43D3F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:46:45 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a109.otenet.gr [212.205.215.109])
	i8G6kf3N027789;	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:46:42 +0300
Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1])
	by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i8G6iXO2028893;
	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:44:34 +0300 (EEST)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Received: (from giorgos@localhost)
	by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i8G6LERm028705;
	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:21:14 +0300 (EEST)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:21:14 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Mike Hauber <m.hauber@mchsi.com>
Message-ID: <20040916062114.GA28638@gothmog.gr>
References: <200409151814.39129.m.hauber@mchsi.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <200409151814.39129.m.hauber@mchsi.com>
Phone: +30-2610-312145
Mobile: +30-6944-116520
cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: forcing a wraped output from the prompt
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:46:47 -0000

On 2004-09-15 18:14, Mike Hauber <m.hauber@mchsi.com> wrote:
> I seem to remember this question asked before (mayhaps a
> different OS), but I'm not finding it anywhere (my wording
> is off?)
>
> Is there any way to force the output of a program to wrap at
> the console without redefining the console itself (ie, if I
> wanted to wrap the output of something like fortune to 30
> characters, how can I do that at the prompt)?

Yes there is.  Use stty(1).

I'm customarily running my consoles with a 132x25 mode, but sometimes I
want to force 100 columns or less (i.e. when I'm reading a web page in
elinks or w3m).  This is easily done with:

	$ stty columns 100

and another stty invocation when I'm done to reset columns to 132.

- Giorgos