Quoting John Maier,

> I have pcvt setup.  I know that ^[[?3h will put a regular VT100 into 132   
> col mode.

> How do I state this in an echo statement to get pcvt to go into 132 col   
> mode?

Apart from the solutions already present, realize that pcvt won't do 132
column mode on all video cards, i may nt be supported on yours.

If it is supported, you can also try 'scon -1' (provided you have it compiled
and installed).

- Frank