Hi Junio, Zbigniew. On 04/27/2012 06:21 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> mksh does not allow $COLUMNS to be set below 12. Quoting mksh(1) >> $COLUMNS is "always set, defaults to 80, unless the value as reported >> by stty(1) is non-zero and sane enough". This applies also to setting >> it directly for one command: >> >> $ COLUMNS=30 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]' >> 30 >> $ COLUMNS=20 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]' >> 20 >> $ COLUMNS=10 python -c 'import os; print os.environ["COLUMNS"]' >> 98 > > I wonder if this is an easier workaround, though. > > env COLUMNS=10 $cmd > It works for me: $ mksh -c 'COLUMNS=10 env | grep COLUMNS' COLUMNS=113 $ mksh -c 'env COLUMNS=10 env | grep COLUMNS' COLUMNS=10 $ dpkg -l mksh ... ii mksh 40.2-2 MirBSD Korn Shell HTH, Stefano -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html