termsize

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Get the current size of the terminal window, and set stty size accordingly.
# A replacement for xterm's resize program, with no X dependency.
# Useful when logged in over a serial line.
# Copyright 2013,2017 by Akkana Peck. Share and enjoy under the GPL v2 or later.

# In the unlikely event you ever need to *set* the terminal size, check out:
# https://github.com/zerorax/pyresize/blob/master/resize.py

import os, sys
import fcntl
import struct
import time
import re
import tty
import termios
import select

try:
    import curses
except:
    pass


# python3 has get_terminal size, but it doesn't actually query
# the terminal, just trusts current stty settings, which isn't
# useful here. But 3 has different open() characteristics so we
# have to detect version, not just features.
if (sys.version_info < (3, 0)):
    ttyfd = open('/dev/tty', 'r+')
else:
    # Python3 needs extra flags set, which requires a 2-step open process:
    fd = os.open('/dev/tty', os.O_RDWR|os.O_NOCTTY)
    ttyfd = open(fd, 'wb+', buffering=0)


def get_terminal_size_curses():
    stdscr = curses.initscr()
    rows, cols = stdscr.getmaxyx()
    curses.endwin()
    return rows, cols


def get_terminal_size_noncurses():
    # The non-curses version works well under xterm, but in urxvt,
    # the terminal echoes back the rows and columns, but in a way
    # that makes it see those characters as input. I haven't
    # found a way around that.

    # Save the terminal state
    fileno = sys.stdin.fileno()
    stty_sav = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin)
    fc_sav = fcntl.fcntl(fileno, fcntl.F_GETFL)

    # Turn off echo.
    stty_new = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin)
    stty_new[3] = stty_new[3] & ~termios.ECHO
    termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin, termios.TCSADRAIN, stty_new)

    ttyfd.write(b'\033[7\033[r\033[999;999H\033[6n')
    ttyfd.flush()

    # Put stdin into cbreak mode.
    # Python2 can use fd here, but in Python3 we have to get sys.stdin.fileno.
    tty.setcbreak(sys.stdin)

    # Nonblocking mode.
    fcntl.fcntl(fileno, fcntl.F_SETFL, fc_sav | os.O_NONBLOCK)

    try:
        while True:
            r, w, e = select.select([ttyfd], [], [])
            if r:
                output = sys.stdin.read()
                break
    finally:
        # Reset the terminal back to normal cooked mode
        termios.tcsetattr(fileno, termios.TCSAFLUSH, stty_sav)
        fcntl.fcntl(fileno, fcntl.F_SETFL, fc_sav)

    rows, cols = list(map(int, re.findall(r'\d+', output)))

    return rows, cols


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        rows, cols = get_terminal_size_curses()
    except:
        rows, cols = get_terminal_size_noncurses()

    fcntl.ioctl(ttyfd, termios.TIOCSWINSZ,
                struct.pack("HHHH", rows, cols, 0, 0))
    print("Reset the terminal to %d rows, %d cols" % (rows, cols))