COLUMNS in busybox?

[Paul Fox]

i wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > No standard for COLUMNS, obviously.
 > 
 > here you go:
 >     COLUMNS=$(stty -a | sed -e 's/.*rows \([0-9]\+\).*/\1/' -e 1q)
 > 
 > actually, i'm surprised stty doesn't have a way of retrieving
 > individual settings by now.  e.g., "COLUMNS=$(stty rows)".

oops!!!

    "s/rows/columns/g"

:-)

i can't tell left from right, either...

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 paul fox, pgf at brightstareng.com