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 pseudo-terminals 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.
Solaris provides additional hardware flow control modes and clock modes; see the stty(1) manpage should you find that you need these features.
Common Options
-a,--allReport all option settings.
-g,--saveReport current settings.
GNU/Linux Options
-Fdevice,--file=deviceRead or change setting of device instead of the current terminal.
Mac OS X Options
-
-e Print information in BSD
stty everythingformat.-
-fdevice Read or change setting of device instead of the current terminal.
Many but not all of the following features are shared among all the systems. For brevity, Solaris-only features are marked with an S, GNU/Linux-only features are marked with an L, and ...