DIRED 1 "17 August 1998" "Version 4.01" [section 13 of 13]
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If lines wrap or overprint, it is likely that
dired
has an incorrect notion of the screen size. This can happen on older
UNIX systems where the kernel does not track screen sizes, but
instead, leaves it up to the shell, which uses environment variables
named
LINES
(or
ROWS)
and
COLUMNS
to record the screen dimensions. Print those variables (e.g.,
echo $COLUMNS),
and use the
stty -a
command to see the kernel's settings, if any, correct them if needed,
and restart
dired.
On some systems, if
dired
is running under a
script(1)
session, the screen dimensions may be incorrect, and can be reset in
the same way as above.
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