Subject: Re: Sending an escape sequence to the console terminal
To: None <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/23/1997 20:47:33
>From: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 14:43:00 PST
>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?
Here's one way that will always work:
echo -n "E[?3h" | tr E \\033
gross, eh? :-) You might prefer printf(1).
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