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Old 06-30-2008
overlapping words on command line
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Originally Posted by gaurav123
Hi all,

I am working on Unix Sun solaris 5.9.
The problem is when ever i type some thing long on the command line, words get started overlapped after a certain no. of characters typed instead of getting printed in new line.

please help hw can i change the length of command line ?

hw the values of no. of ROWS and COLUMNS can get changed?
i tried resize command , but it's not working......
Last edited by gaurav123; 06-30-2008 at 08:22 AM..
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Old 06-30-2008
You might try setting different terminal modes ie. check your current 1st
Code:
echo $TERM

and then try some others and see if they behave better
Code:
export TERM=vt220

... for example.
# 3  
Old 07-01-2008
Maybe try...
Code:
eval $(resize)

# 4  
Old 07-01-2008
can anyone tell me how can i change value of ROWS and COLUMNS?

export ROWS=34
export COLUMN=200


i tried as given above but not working.......
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Old 07-01-2008
stty rows 66 cols 66
will set the rows and columns.
What terminal emualtor are you using? On xterm hit control and the middle button to see if Auto Wraparound is enabled On a gnome terminal you want to make sure Scroll on keystroke is enabled.
 
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