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STTY
1
March 2005
stty 5.2.1
User Commands
  • NAME
      stty - change and print terminal line settings
  • SYNOPSIS
      stty [-F DEVICE] [--file=DEVICE] [SETTING]...
      stty
      [-F DEVICE] [--file=DEVICE] [-a|--all]
      stty
      [-F DEVICE] [--file=DEVICE] [-g|--save]
  • DESCRIPTION


      Print or change terminal characteristics.
      -a, --all
      print all current settings in human-readable form
      -g, --save
      print all current settings in a stty-readable form
      -F, --file=DEVICE
      open and use the specified DEVICE instead of stdin
      --help
      display this help and exit
      --version
      output version information and exit

      Optional - before SETTING indicates negation.  An * marks non-POSIX settings.  The underlying system defines which settings are available. "Special characters:"
      * dsusp CHAR
      CHAR will send a terminal stop signal once input flushed
      eof CHAR
      CHAR will send an end of file (terminate the input)
      eol CHAR
      CHAR will end the line
      * eol2 CHAR
      alternate CHAR for ending the line
      erase CHAR
      CHAR will erase the last character typed
      intr CHAR
      CHAR will send an interrupt signal
      kill CHAR
      CHAR will erase the current line
      * lnext CHAR
      CHAR will enter the next character quoted
      quit CHAR
      CHAR will send a quit signal
      * rprnt CHAR
      CHAR will redraw the current line
      start CHAR
      CHAR will restart the output after stopping it
      stop CHAR
      CHAR will stop the output
      susp CHAR
      CHAR will send a terminal stop signal
      * swtch CHAR
      CHAR will switch to a different shell layer
      * werase CHAR
      CHAR will erase the last word typed "Special settings:"
      N
      set the input and output speeds to N bauds
      * cols N
      tell the kernel that the terminal has N columns
      * columns N
      same as cols N
      ispeed N
      set the input speed to N
      * line N
      use line discipline N
      min N
      with -icanon, set N characters minimum for a completed read
      ospeed N
      set the output speed to N
      * rows N
      tell the kernel that the terminal has N rows
      * size
      print the number of rows and columns according to the kernel
      speed
      print the terminal speed
      time N
      with -icanon, set read timeout of N tenths of a second "Control settings:"
      [-]clocal
      disable modem control signals
      [-]cread
      allow input to be received
      * [-]crtscts
      enable RTS/CTS handshaking
      csN
      set character size to N bits, N in [5..8]
      [-]cstopb
      use two stop bits per character (one with `-')
      [-]hup
      send a hangup signal when the last process closes the tty
      [-]hupcl
      same as [-]hup
      [-]parenb
      generate parity bit in output and expect parity bit in input
      [-]parodd
      set odd parity (even with `-') "Input settings:"
      [-]brkint
      breaks cause an interrupt signal
      [-]icrnl
      translate carriage return to newline
      [-]ignbrk
      ignore break characters
      [-]igncr
      ignore carriage return
      [-]ignpar
      ignore characters with parity errors
      * [-]imaxbel
      beep and do not flush a full input buffer on a character
      [-]inlcr
      translate newline to carriage return
      [-]inpck
      enable input parity checking
      [-]istrip
      clear high (8th) bit of input characters
      * [-]iuclc
      translate uppercase characters to lowercase
      * [-]ixany
      let any character restart output, not only start character
      [-]ixoff
      enable sending of start/stop characters
      [-]ixon
      enable XON/XOFF flow control
      [-]parmrk
      mark parity errors (with a 255-0-character sequence)
      [-]tandem
      same as [-]ixoff "Output settings:"
      * bsN
      backspace delay style, N in [0..1]
      * crN
      carriage return delay style, N in [0..3]
      * ffN
      form feed delay style, N in [0..1]
      * nlN
      newline delay style, N in [0..1]
      * [-]ocrnl
      translate carriage return to newline
      * [-]ofdel
      use delete characters for fill instead of null characters
      * [-]ofill
      use fill (padding) characters instead of timing for delays
      * [-]olcuc
      translate lowercase characters to uppercase
      * [-]onlcr
      translate newline to carriage return-newline
      * [-]onlret
      newline performs a carriage return
      * [-]onocr
      do not print carriage returns in the first column
      [-]opost
      postprocess output
      * tabN
      horizontal tab delay style, N in [0..3]
      * tabs
      same as tab0
      * -tabs
      same as tab3
      * vtN
      vertical tab delay style, N in [0..1] "Local settings:"
      [-]crterase
      echo erase characters as backspace-space-backspace
      * crtkill
      kill all line by obeying the echoprt and echoe settings
      * -crtkill
      kill all line by obeying the echoctl and echok settings
      * [-]ctlecho
      echo control characters in hat notation (`^c')
      [-]echo
      echo input characters
      * [-]echoctl
      same as [-]ctlecho
      [-]echoe
      same as [-]crterase
      [-]echok
      echo a newline after a kill character
      * [-]echoke
      same as [-]crtkill
      [-]echonl
      echo newline even if not echoing other characters
      * [-]echoprt
      echo erased characters backward, between `\' and '/'
      [-]icanon
      enable erase, kill, werase, and rprnt special characters
      [-]iexten
      enable non-POSIX special characters
      [-]isig
      enable interrupt, quit, and suspend special characters
      [-]noflsh
      disable flushing after interrupt and quit special characters
      * [-]prterase
      same as [-]echoprt
      * [-]tostop
      stop background jobs that try to write to the terminal
      * [-]xcase
      with icanon, escape with `\' for uppercase characters "Combination settings:"
      * [-]LCASE
      same as [-]lcase
      cbreak
      same as -icanon
      -cbreak
      same as icanon
      cooked
      same as brkint ignpar istrip icrnl ixon opost isig icanon, eof and eol characters to their default values
      -cooked
      same as raw
      crt
      same as echoe echoctl echoke
      dec
      same as echoe echoctl echoke -ixany intr ^c erase 0177 kill ^u
      * [-]decctlq
      same as [-]ixany
      ek
      erase and kill characters to their default values
      evenp
      same as parenb -parodd cs7
      -evenp
      same as -parenb cs8
      * [-]lcase
      same as xcase iuclc olcuc
      litout
      same as -parenb -istrip -opost cs8
      -litout
      same as parenb istrip opost cs7
      nl
      same as -icrnl -onlcr
      -nl
      same as icrnl -inlcr -igncr onlcr -ocrnl -onlret
      oddp
      same as parenb parodd cs7
      -oddp
      same as -parenb cs8
      [-]parity
      same as [-]evenp
      pass8
      same as -parenb -istrip cs8
      -pass8
      same as parenb istrip cs7
      raw
      same as -ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr -icrnl  -ixon  -ixoff  -iuclc  -ixany -imaxbel -opost -isig -icanon -xcase min 1 time 0
      -raw
      same as cooked
      sane
      same as cread -ignbrk brkint -inlcr -igncr icrnl -ixoff -iuclc -ixany imaxbel opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0 isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt echoctl echoke, all special characters to their default values.

      Handle the tty line connected to standard input.  Without arguments, prints baud rate, line discipline, and deviations from stty sane.  In settings, CHAR is taken literally, or coded as in ^c, 0x37, 0177 or 127; special values ^- or undef used to disable special characters.
  • AUTHOR
      Written by David MacKenzie.
  • REPORTING BUGS
      Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
  • COPYRIGHT
      Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  • SEE ALSO
      The full documentation for stty is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and stty programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils stty

      should give you access to the complete manual.
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