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.
In the input and output of stty,
if a character is preceded by a caret (^),
then the value of that option is the corresponding control
character
(for example,
``^h''
is
<Ctrl>H;
in this case,
recall that
<Ctrl>H
is the same as the ``backspace'' key.)
The sequence
``^´''
means that an option has a null value.
The -- argument is used to indicate the end of options.
Any arguments following the -- are treated as operands,
even if they begin with a -. The -- should not
be used as an option nor as an operand.
-a
Report all option settings.
-g
Report current settings in a form that can be used as an
argument to another stty command.
For detailed information about the modes
listed in sections
``Control modes''
through
``Local modes''.
See
termio(M).
For detailed information about the
modes listed in sections
``Hardware flow control modes''
and
``Clock modes''.
See
termiox(M).
Options described in the ``Combination Modes'' section are
implemented using options in the earlier sections.
Note that many combinations of options make no sense, but no
sanity
checking is performed.
Hardware flow control and clock modes options may not be
supported
by all hardware interfaces.
The options are
selected from the following:
Control modes
parenb (-parenb)
Enable (disable) parity generation and detection.
parext (-parext)
Enable (disable) extended parity generation and detection for
mark and
space parity.
parodd (-parodd)
Select odd (even) parity, or mark (space) parity if parext
is enabled.
Set terminal input baud rate to the number given, if possible.
(Not all hardware supports split baud rates.)
If the input
baud rate is set to zero, the input baud rate will be
specified by the value of the output baud rate.
Set terminal output baud rate to the number given, if possible.
(Not all hardware supports split baud rates.)
If the output
baud rate is set to zero, the line will be hung up
immediately.
hupcl (-hupcl)
Hang up (do not hang up)
connection on last close.
hup (-hup)
Same as
hupcl (-hupcl).
cstopb (-cstopb)
Use two (one) stop bits per character.
cread (-cread)
Enable (disable) the receiver.
clocal (-clocal)
Assume a line without (with) modem control.
loblk (-loblk)
Block (do not block) output from a non-current layer.
Strip (do not strip) input characters to seven bits.
inlcr (-inlcr)
Map (do not map) NL to CR on input.
igncr (-igncr)
Ignore (do not ignore) CR on input.
icrnl (-icrnl)
Map (do not map) CR to NL on input.
iuclc (-iuclc)
Map (do not map) upper-case alphabetics to lower case on input.
ixon (-ixon)
Enable (disable) START/STOP
output control.
Output is stopped by sending
STOP control character and started by sending the START control
character.
ixany (-ixany)
Allow any character (only DC1) to restart output.
ixoff (-ixoff)
Request that the system send (not send) START/STOP
characters
when the input queue is nearly empty/full.
imaxbel (-imaxbel)
Echo (do not echo) BEL when the input line is too long.
KB_ENABLE
Perform a TIOCKBON, which allows extended characters to
be transmitted to the user's program. Extended characters are
transmitted as a null byte followed by a second byte
containing the character's extended code.
See
keyboard(M).
KB_DISABLE
Perform a TIOCKBOF, which disables the transmission of
extended characters. This is the default.
(See
keyboard(M).)
Output modes
opost (-opost)
Post-process output (do not post-process output; ignore all other
output modes).
olcuc (-olcuc)
Map (do not map) lower-case alphabetics to upper case on output.
onlcr (-onlcr)
Map (do not map) NL to CR-NL on output.
ocrnl (-ocrnl)
Map (do not map) CR to NL on output.
onocr (-onocr)
Do not (do) output CRs at column zero.
onlret (-onlret)
On the terminal NL performs (does not perform) the
CR function.
ofill (-ofill)
Use fill characters (use timing) for delays.
ofdel (-ofdel)
Fill characters are <Del>s (NULs).
The following options set the delays for the output control
characters.
Selecting the 0 type option, such as cr0, causes
no delay.
stty -a does not report the 0 type options.
For more information, see
termio(M).
cr0 cr1 cr2 cr3
Select style of delay for carriage returns.
nl0 nl1
Select style of delay for line-feeds.
tab0 tab1 tab2 tab3
Select style of delay for horizontal tabs.
bs0 bs1
Select style of delay for backspaces.
ff0 ff1
Select style of delay for form-feeds.
vt0 vt1
Select style of delay for vertical tabs
(see
termio(M)).
Local modes
isig (-isig)
Enable (disable) the checking of characters against the special
control
characters INTR, QUIT, and SWTCH.
icanon (-icanon)
Enable (disable) canonical input (ERASE and KILL
processing).
Echo back (do not echo back) every character typed.
echoe (-echoe)
Echo (do not echo) ERASE character as
a backspace-space-backspace string.
This mode erases the
ERASEed character on many terminals;
however, it does not
keep track of column position and, as a result, may be confusing
on escaped characters, tabs, and backspaces.
echok (-echok)
Echo (do not echo) NL after KILL character.
lfkc (-lfkc)
The same as
echok (-echok);
obsolete.
echonl (-echonl)
Echo (do not echo) NL.
noflsh (-noflsh)
Disable (enable) flush after INTR, QUIT, or
SWTCH.
stwrap (-stwrap)
Disable (enable) truncation of lines longer than 79 characters on
a synchronous line.
tostop (-tostop)
Send (do not send) SIGTTOU when background processes write to the
terminal.
echoctl (-echoctl)
Echo (do not echo) control characters as ^char, delete as
^?
echoprt (-echoprt)
Echo (do not echo) ERASE character as character is ``erased''.
echoke (-echoke)
BS-SP-BS erase (do not BS-SP-BS erase) entire line on line KILL.
flusho (-flusho)
Output is (is not) being flushed.
pendin (-pendin)
Retype (do not retype) pending input at next read or input
character.
iexten (-iexten)
Enable (disable) extended (implementation-defined) functions
for input data.
stflush (-stflush)
Enable (disable) flush on a synchronous line after every
write(2).
stappl (-stappl)
Use application mode (use line mode) on a synchronous line.
Hardware flow control modes
rtsxoff (-rtsxoff)
Enable (disable) RTS hardware flow control on input.
ctsxon (-ctsxon)
Enable (disable) CTS hardware flow control on output.
dtrxoff (-dtrxoff)
Enable (disable) DTR hardware flow control on input.
cdxon (-cdxon)
Enable (disable) CD hardware flow control on output.
isxoff (-isxoff)
Enable (disable) isochronous hardware flow control on input.
Clock modes
xcibrg
Get transmit clock from internal baud rate generator.
xctset
Get transmit clock from transmitter signal element timing
(DCE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 114, EIA-232-D pin 15.
xcrset
Get transmit clock from receiver signal element timing
(DCE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 115, EIA-232-D pin 17.
rcibrg
Get receive clock from internal baud rate generator.
rctset
Get receive clock from transmitter signal element timing
(DCE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 114, EIA-232-D pin 15.
rcrset
Get receive clock from receiver signal element timing (DCE
source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 115, EIA-232-D pin 17.
tsetcoff
Transmitter signal element timing clock is not provided.
tsetcrbrg
Output receive baud rate generator on transmitter signal element
timing (DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 113, EIA-232-D pin
24.
tsetctbrg
Output transmit baud rate generator on transmitter signal element
timing (DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 113, EIA-232-D pin
24.
tsetctset
Output transmitter signal element timing (DCE source) on
transmitter
signal element timing (DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 113,
EIA-232-D pin 24.
tsetcrset
Output receiver signal element timing (DCE source) on transmitter
signal element timing (DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 113,
EIA-232-D pin 24.
rsetcoff
Receiver signal element timing clock is not provided.
rsetcrbrg
Output receive baud rate generator on receiver signal element
timing
(DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 128, no EIA-232-D pin.
rsetctbrg
Output transmit baud rate generator on receiver signal element
timing
(DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 128, no EIA-232-D pin.
rsetctset
Output transmitter signal element timing (DCE source) on receiver
signal element timing (DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 128,
no
EIA-232-D pin.
rsetcrset
Output receiver signal element timing (DCE source) on receiver
signal element timing (DTE source) lead, CCITT V.24 circuit 128,
no
EIA-232-D pin.
Control assignments
In the following assignments, if
c
is preceded by a caret (^) indicating an escape from the shell,
then the value used is the corresponding control character
(for example, ``^d''
is a CTRL-d).
``^?''
is interpreted as <Del> and ``^-''
is interpreted as undefined.
In the POSIX locale, the caret (circumflex) control characters
listed in the table below are set to the values shown:
^a, ^A <SOH>
^l, ^L
<FF>
^w, ^W
<ETB>
^b, ^B
<STX>
^m, ^M
<CR>
^x, ^X
<CAN>
^c, ^C
<ETC>
^n, ^N
<SO>
^y, ^Y
<EM>
^d, ^D
<EOT>
^o, ^O
<SI>
^z, ^Z
<SUB>
^e, ^E
<ENC>
^p, ^P
<DLE>
^[
<ESC>
^f, ^F
<ACK>
^q, ^Q
<DC1>
^\
<FS>
^g, ^G
<BEL>
^r, ^R
<DC2>
^]
<GS>
^h, ^H
<BS>
^s, ^S
<DC3>
^^
<RS>
^i, ^I
<HT>
^t, ^T
<DC4>
^_
<US>
^j, ^J
<LF>
^u, ^U
<NAK>
^?
<<Del>>
^k, ^K
<VT>
^v, ^V
<SYN>
For more information on these special characters, see
termio(M).
ctabc
Set synchronous terminal tab character to c.
Use with the
-stappl option.
discardc
Set discard character to
c.
dsuspc
Set to
c
character that suspends foreground process when process attempts to read
c.
eofc
Set end-of-file character to
c.
eolc
Set end-of-line character to
c.
eol2c
Set secondary end-of-line character to
c.
erasec
Set ERASE character to
c (default is now BACKSPACE or ^H).
intrc
Set interrupt character to
c.
killc
Set KILL character to
c (default is now ^U).
lnextc
Set to
c
character that causes the special meaning of next character to be ignored.
quitc
Set quit character to
c.
reprintc
Set reprint character to
c.
startc
Set start character to
c.
stopc
Set stop character to
c.
suspc
Set suspend character to
c.
swtchc
Set switch character to c.
werasec
Set word-erase character to
c.
minn
Set the minimum number of characters that satisfy a read in non-canonical
mode input processing (-icanon) to
n.
timen
Set the intercharacter timer in non-canonical
mode input processing (-icanon) to
n
ticks.
Combination modes
evenp or parity
Enable
parenb and cs7.
oddp
Enable
parenb,
cs7,
and
parodd.
spacep
Enable
parenb, cs7, and parext.
markp
Enable
parenb,
cs7,
parodd,
and
parext.
-parity, or -evenp
Disable
parenb,
and set
cs8.
-oddp
Disable
parenb and parodd,
and set
cs8.
-spacep
Disable
parenb and parext,
and set
cs8.
-markp
Disable
parenb, parodd, and parext,
and set
cs8.
raw (-raw or cooked)
Enable (disable) raw input and output
(no ERASE, KILL, INTR, QUIT,
SWTCH,
EOT, or output post processing).
nl (-nl)
Unset (set)
icrnl, onlcr.
In addition
-nl
unset
inlcr, igncr,
ocrnl, and onlret.
lcase (-lcase)
Set (unset)
xcase, iuclc, and olcuc.
LCASE (-LCASE)
Same as
lcase (-lcase).
tabs (-tabs or tab3)
Preserve (expand to spaces) tabs when printing.
ek
Reset ERASE and KILL characters back to defaults of
BACKSPACE (or ^H)
and
^U.
sane
Reset all modes to some reasonable values.
term
Set all modes suitable for the
terminal type
term,
where
term
is one of
tty33, tty37, vt05,
tn300, ti700, or tek.
async
Set normal asynchronous communications where clock settings are
xcibrg, rcibrg,
tsetcoff and rsetcoff.
Window size
rowsn
Set window size to n rows.
columnsn
Set window size to n columns.
ypixelsn
Set vertical window size to n pixels.
xpixelsn
Set horizontal window size to n pixels.
Control modes for the video monitor
mono
Select the monochrome display as the
output device for the console screen.
This mode is valid if a standard monochrome adapter is present or
if
a standard enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) is present and the EGA
is
currently in one of the monochrome display modes.
color
Select a standard regular color display as the
output device for the console screen. This mode is valid if
a color graphics adapter is present or if a
standard EGA is present
and is currently in one of the color graphics compatibility
modes.
enhanced
Select the enhanced color display as the
output device for the console screen.
This mode is valid if an EGA is present and is currently in
a non-monochrome display mode.
pro
Select the professional graphics adapter as the output device
for the system console.
This mode is valid if a VGA is present.
Control modes for the attached display devices
The stty command supports mode changes for the
monochrome display adapter (MDA),
color graphics adapter (CGA),
enhanced graphics adapter (EGA),
and
video graphics array (VGA).
MCAMODE
Reinitialize the monochrome graphics adapter.
ENH_CGA
Select CGA hardware emulation, when an AT&T Super-Vu video
controller is attached.
The following keyboard and display control modes are valid for the
following configurations: standard color graphics adapter (CGA) attached
to a standard regular color display; standard enhanced graphics adapter
(EGA) (modes 0-6) attached to a standard regular color display or
standard enhanced color display.
B40x25
Select 40x25 (40 columns x 25 rows) black and white text display
mode.
C40x25
Select 40x25 color text display mode.
B80x25
Select 80x25 black and white text display mode.
C80x25
Select 80x25 color display text mode.
BG320
Select 320x200 black and white graphics display mode.
CG320
Select 320x200 color graphics display mode.
BG640
Select 640x200 black and white graphics display mode.
The following options are valid only when an EGA is attached
to a standard regular color display or an enhanced color
display.
CG320_D
Select EGA support for 320x200 graphics display mode (EGA
mode D).
CG640_E
Select EGA support for 640x200 graphics display mode (EGA
mode E).
The following options are valid only when
a standard EGA is attached to an IBM monochrome display.
EGAMONO80x25
Select EGA Mode 7 as the
display mode. Emulates the support provided by the standard
monochrome display adapter.
EGAMONOAPA
Select EGA support for 640x350 graphics display mode (EGA
mode F).
ENHMONOAPA2
Select EGA mode F*.
The following options are valid only when a standard EGA
is attached to a standard enhanced color display.
ENH_B40x25
Select enhanced EGA support for 40x25 black and white text
display mode (EGA mode 0*).
ENH_C40x25
Select enhanced EGA support for 40x25 color text display mode
(EGA mode 1*).
ENH_B80x25
Select enhanced EGA support for 80x25 black and white
text display mode (EGA mode 2*).
ENH_C80x25
Select enhanced EGA support for 80x25 color text display mode
(EGA mode 3*).
ENH_B80x43
Select enhanced EGA support for 80x43 black and white text
display mode.
ENH_C80x43
Select enhanced EGA support for 80x43 color text display
mode.
CG640x350
Select EGA support for 640x350 graphics display mode (EGA
mode 10).
ENH_CG640
Select EGA mode 10*.
The following options are valid only when a standard VGA
is attached to a color display.
VGAMONO80x25
Select VGA Mode 7 as the display mode.
Emulates the support provided by the standard
monochrome display adapter.
VGA_C40x25
Select VGA 40x25 color text display mode.
VGA_C80x25
Select VGA 80x25 color text display mode.
Files
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
language-specific message file
(see LANG on
environ(M)).