stty Command Examples

Set options for a terminal device interface. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stty-invocation.html.

• Display current terminal size:

stty size

• Display all settings for the current terminal:

stty {{[-a|--all]}}

• Set the number of rows or columns:

stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}

• Get the actual transfer speed of a device:

stty {{[-F|--file]}} {{path/to/device_file}} speed

• Reset all modes to reasonable values for the current terminal:

stty sane

• Switch between raw and normal mode:

stty {{raw|cooked}}

• Turn character echoing off or on:

stty {{-echo|echo}}

• Display help:

stty --help