module Puppet::Util::Terminal

Public Class Methods

width() click to toggle source

Attempts to determine the width of the terminal. This is currently only supported on POSIX systems, and relies on the claims of `stty` (or `tput`).

Inspired by code from Thor; thanks wycats! @return [Number] The column width of the terminal. Defaults to 80 columns.

   # File lib/puppet/util/terminal.rb
 8 def self.width
 9   if Puppet.features.posix?
10     result = %x{stty size 2>/dev/null}.split[1] ||
11              %x{tput cols 2>/dev/null}.split[0]
12   end
13   return (result || '80').to_i
14 rescue
15   return 80
16 end