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stty (II)

STTY(I)  −  PWB/UNIX 6/12/72

NAME

stty − set typewriter options

SYNOPSIS

stty [ option ... ]

DESCRIPTION

Stty sets certain I/O options on the current output typewriter.  With no argument, it reports the current settings of the options.  The option strings are selected from the following set:

evenallow even parity

−evendisallow even parity

oddallow odd parity

−odddisallow odd parity

rawraw mode input (no erase, kill, interrupt, quit, EOT; parity bit passed back)

−rawnegate raw mode

cookedsame as ‘−raw’

−nlallow carriage return for new-line, and output CR-LF for carriage return or new-line

nlaccept only new-line to end lines

echoecho back every character typed

−echodo not echo characters

lcasemap upper case to lower case

−lcasedo not map case

−tabsreplace tabs by spaces when printing

tabspreserve tabs

ekreset erase and kill characters back to normal # and @. 

erase cset erase character to c. 

kill cset kill character to c. 

cr0 cr1 cr2 cr3
select style of delay for carriage return (see below)

nl0 nl1 nl2 nl3
select style of delay for linefeed (see below)

tab0 tab1 tab2 tab3
select style of delay for tab (see below)

ff0 ff1
select style of delay for form feed (see below)

tty33set all modes suitable for Teletype model 33

tty37set all modes suitable for Teletype model 37

vt05set all modes suitable for DEC VT05 terminal

tn300set all modes suitable for GE Terminet 300

ti700set all modes suitable for Texas Instruments 700 terminal

tekset all modes suitable for Tektronix 4014 terminal

huphang up dataphone on last close. 

−hupdo not hang up dataphone on last close. 

0hang up phone line immediately

50 75 110 134 150 200 300 600 1200 1800 2400 4800 9600 exta extb
Set typewriter baud rate to the number given, if possible. (These are the speeds supported by the DH-11 interface).

The various delay algorithms are tuned to various kinds of terminals.  In general the specifications ending in ‘0’ mean no delay for the corresponding character. 

SEE ALSO

stty (II)

BUGS

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