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According to Thierry EXCOFFIER on 2/26/2006 8:59 AM:
>
> Description:
> LINES and COLUMNS variables are not exported,
> so applications using these variables can not
> find the screen size.
POSIX states that &q
UTC 2006
> i686 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 5
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> LINES and COLUMNS variables are not exported,
> so applications using these variables can not
>
Patch Level: 5
Release Status: release
Description:
LINES and COLUMNS variables are not exported,
so applications using these variables can not
find the screen size.
Repeat-By:
$ ( echo $LINES )
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$ sh -c 'echo $LINES'
$
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Thierry EXCOFFIER wrote:
> LINES and COLUMNS variables are not exported,
> so applications using these variables can not
> find the screen size.
The LINES and COLUMNS variables are an *override* to applications. It
is not an application's primary method
