resize(X)                       19 June 1992                       resize(X)


 Name

    resize - utility to set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current window
    size

 Command syntax

    resize [-u] [-s [row col]]

 Description

    Resize prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP environ-
    ment variables to indicate the current size of xterm window from which
    the command is run.  For this output to take effect, resize must either
    be evaluated as part of the command line (usually done with a shell alias
    or function) or else redirected to a file which can then be read in.
    From the C shell (usually known as /bin/csh), the following alias could
    be defined in the user's .cshrc:

       %  alias rs 'set noglob; `eval resize`'

    After resizing the window, the user would type:

       % rs

    Users of versions of the Bourne shell (usually known as /bin/sh) that do
    not have command functions will need to send the output to a temporary
    file and then read it back in with the ``.'' command:

       $ resize >/tmp/out
       $  . /tmp/out


 Options

    The following options may be used with resize:

    -u   This option indicates that Bourne shell commands should be generated
         even if the user's current shell is not /bin/sh.

    -c   This option indicates that C shell commands should be generated even
         if the user's current shell is not /bin/csh.

    -s [rows columns]
         This option indicates that that Sun console escape sequences will be
         used instead of the special xterm escape code.  If rows and columns
         are given, resize will ask the xterm window to resize itself.  How-
         ever, the window manager may choose to disallow the change.


 Files


    /etc/termcap   for the base termcap entry to modify.

    ~/.cshrc       user's alias for the command.


 See also

    csh(C), tset(C), xterm(X)