getting column width in various shells

[Madison Kelly]

John Van Ostrand wrote:
>>    I am trying to add line-wrapping to my program and to this end I am 
>> trying to figure out the different ways of getting the current number of 
>> columns from the different shells. I am hoping you guys who use shells 
>> other than bash or sh might be able to help me build a list.
> 
> Does 'tput cols' work for your application?
> 

See, this is why I love TLUG. :) That works perfectly, thank you!

Madi
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