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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
June 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
944 pages
43h 1m
English
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Name

stty

Synopsis

                  stty [options] [modes]

Set terminal I/O options for the current standard input device. Without options, stty reports the terminal settings that differ from those set by running stty sane, where ^ indicates the Ctrl key and ^` indicates a null value. Most modes can be negated using an optional - (shown in brackets). The corresponding description is also shown in brackets. Some arguments use non-POSIX extensions; these are marked with *.

Options

-a, --all

Report all option settings.

-F, --device

Open the specified device and use it instead of standard input.

-g, --save

Report settings in stty-readable form (i.e., hex).

--help

Print help message and exit.

--version

Print version information and exit.

Control modes

n

Set terminal baud rate to n (e.g., 2400).

[-]clocal

[Enable] disable modem control.

[-]cread

[Disable] enable the receiver.

[-]crtscts*

[Disable] enable RTS/CTS handshaking.

cs bits

Set character size to bits, which must be 5, 6, 7, or 8.

[-]cstopb

[1] 2 stop bits per character.

[-]hup

[Do not] hang up connection on last close.

[-]hupcl

Same as previous.

ispeed n

Set terminal input baud rate to n.

ospeed n

Set terminal output baud rate to n.

[-]parenb

[Disable] enable parity generation and detection.

[-]parodd

Use [even] odd parity.

Flow control modes

The following flow control modes are available by combining the ortsfl, ctsflow, and rtsflow flags:

Flag settings

Flow control mode

ortsfl rtsflow ctsflow

Enable unidirectional flow control.

ortsfl ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596004826