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Use `tputs`` To Get The Number Of Columns And Lines/Rows Count In A Terminal Window On A Mac

TL;DR - Columns

Code

tputs cols

-- results

55

TL;DR - Lines/Rows

Code

tputs lines

-- results

38

Notes

  • I generally use `tputs`` when I need to figure out the number of columns or lines/rows a terminal window has

  • This probably works on lots of linux machines too. ymmv are on windows

  • I'm not sure if `tputs`` is installed by default or if it got installed by homebrew. I don't remember installing it, but if you don't have it you may have to do that work

  • `bash`, `zsh`, and some other shells also set ENV vars that can be used to pull the numbers (link below)

References