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On Wednesday 29 April 2009 16:39, Grant Sewell wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to find out the size (WxH) of the current > terminal/console session from within BASH? I am trying to write a menu > system using dialog for the "interface", and I would like to set the > position and sizes of the various dialogues nicely. > > Cheers. > Grant. :) $LINES $COLUMNS I think you can set it using stty but catching problems is a problem. try ncurses - I really should write a WYSIWIG form editor for ncurses in ncurses.. ! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html