man/cat1/stty.1.txt

STTY(1) User Commands STTY(1)
 
 
 
 
 
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 com-
              pleted 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
 
       * [-]iutf8
              assume input characters are UTF-8 encoded
 
       * [-]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 char-
              acters
 
       [-]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 char-
              acters
 
   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
              -iutf8 -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. With-
       out 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 (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for stty is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual. If the info and stty programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command
 
              info stty
 
       should give you access to the complete manual.
 
 
 
stty 5.3.0 November 2004 STTY(1)