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stty—sets the options for a terminal


stty [ –a ] [ –g ] [ modes ]

stty sets certain terminal I/O options for the device that is the current standard input; without arguments, it reports the settings of certain options.

Example A.54. 

1   stty erase <Press backspace key> or ^h

2   stty -echo; read secretword; stty echo

3   stty -a (AT&T) or stty -everything (BSD)

EXPLANATION

  1. Sets the Backspace key to erase.

  2. Turns off echoing; waits for user input; turns echoing back on.

  3. Lists all possible options to stty.

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