Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

stty

Synopsis

stty [options] [modes]

Set terminal I/O options for the current device. Without options, stty reports the terminal settings, where a ^ indicates the Control key, and ^' indicates a null value. Most modes can be switched using an optional preceding - (shown in brackets). The corresponding description is also shown in brackets. As a privileged user, you can set or read settings from another device using the syntax:

stty [options] [modes] < device

stty is one of the most complicated Unix commands. The complexity stems from the need to deal with a large range of conflicting, incompatible, and nonstandardized terminal devices—everything from printing teletypes to CRTs to pseudoterminals for windowing systems. Only a few of the options are really needed for day-to-day use. stty sane is a particularly valuable one to remember.

Options

-a

Report all option settings.

-e

Report current settings in BSD format.

-f file

Use file instead of standard input.

-g

Report current settings in stty format.

Control modes

0

Hang up connection (set the baud rate to zero).

n

Set terminal baud rate to n (e.g., 19200).

[-]clocal

[Enable] disable modem control.

[-]cread

[Disable] enable the receiver.

[-]crtscts

[Disable] enable output hardware flow control using RTS/CTS.

csn

Select character size in bits (5 n 8).

[-]cstopb

[One] two stop bits per character.

[-]hup

[Do not] hang up connection on last close.

[-]hupcl

Same as [-]hup.

ispeed n

Set terminal input baud rate to n.

[-]loblk

[Do not] ...