LINES (int)

Character height of terminal

Description

LINES returns the cell height of the terminal.

This is a reserved variable so it cannot be changed.

Detail

The Murex controlling terminal is assumed to be the terminal. If Stdout cannot be successfully queried for its dimensions, for example Murex is a piped rather than controlling a TTY, then $LINES will generate an error:

» exec $MUREX_EXE -c 'out $LINES' -> cat
Error in `out` ( 1,1):
      Command: out $LINES
      Error: cannot assign value to $LINES: inappropriate ioctl for device
          > Expression: out $LINES
          >           :          ^
          > Character : 9
Error in `/Users/laurencemorgan/dev/go/src/github.com/lmorg/murex/murex` (0,1): exit status 1

This error can be caught via ||, try et al.

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