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Re: Bug in select-command
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bug in select-command |
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Sun, 25 Jun 2017 12:27:41 -0400 |
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On 6/24/17 7:46 AM, skynet@top-email.net wrote:
> It is necessary to refresh the variable $COLUMNS in a script (COLUMNS="tput
> cols") otherwise the command "select" will not set the number of columns
> correctly for actual screen resolution.
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> Information: checkwinsize on
I can't see anywhere in the script where you set the checkwinsize option,
so I can't see what you think the effect should be of having it set in
the parent shell.
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