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1.\" resizewin
2.\"
3.\" Query terminal for size and inform the kernel
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28.Dd May 9, 2017
29.Dt RESIZEWIN 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm resizewin
33.Nd update terminal size
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl z
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40utility
41queries the terminal emulator for the current window size and updates
42the size known to the kernel using the
43.Dv TIOCSWINSZ
44ioctl.
45.Pp
46The following options are available:
47.Bl -tag -width ".Fl z"
48.It Fl z
49Do nothing unless the current kernel terminal size is zero.
50This is useful when run from a user's profile (shell startup) scripts:
51querying the window size is required for serial lines, but not when
52logging in over the network, as protocols like TELNET or SSH already
53handle the terminal size by themselves.
54.El
55.Pp
56After a terminal window has been resized, running
57.Nm
58updates the kernel's window size to match the new size.
59.Pp
60.Nm
61is functionally similar to
62.Xr resize 1 ,
63which is part of the
64.Xr xterm 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xterm
65distribution.
66However,
67.Nm
68only works with VT100/ANSI-compatible terminals and does not emit
69commands to set environment variables.
70.Pp
71The terminal is assumed to be VT100/ANSI compatible.
72The VT100/ANSI escape sequences are supported by virtually all modern
73terminals, including xterm, konsole, gnome-terminal, iTerm,
74Terminal.app, and PuTTY.
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr stty 1 ,
77.Xr tty 4
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Nm
81command first appeared in
82.Fx 11.0 .
83