terminalsize.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
Contributors of this code: Alexander Belchenko, Harco Kuppens, Justin Riley. 
http://code.activestate.com/recipes/440694-determine-size-of-console-window-on-windows/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/566746/how-to-get-linux-console-window-width-in-python
https://gist.github.com/jtriley/1108174 
I changed python2 to python3, and added crediting printing. 
'''
import os
import shlex
import struct
import platform
import subprocess
import random
 
def get_terminal_size():
    """ getTerminalSize()
     - get width and height of console
     - works on linux,os x,windows,cygwin(windows)
     originally retrieved from:
     http://stackoverflow.com/questions/566746/how-to-get-console-window-width-in-python
    """
    current_os = platform.system()
    tuple_xy = None
    if current_os == 'Windows':
        tuple_xy = _get_terminal_size_windows()
        if tuple_xy is None:
            tuple_xy = _get_terminal_size_tput()
            # needed for window's python in cygwin's xterm!
    if current_os in ['Linux', 'Darwin'] or current_os.startswith('CYGWIN'):
        tuple_xy = _get_terminal_size_linux()
    if tuple_xy is None:
        print("default")
        tuple_xy = (80, 25)      # default value
    return tuple_xy
 
 
def _get_terminal_size_windows():
    try:
        from ctypes import windll, create_string_buffer
        # stdin handle is -10
        # stdout handle is -11
        # stderr handle is -12
        h = windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(-12)
        csbi = create_string_buffer(22)
        res = windll.kernel32.GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(h, csbi)
        if res:
            (bufx, bufy, curx, cury, wattr,
             left, top, right, bottom,
             maxx, maxy) = struct.unpack("hhhhHhhhhhh", csbi.raw)
            sizex = right - left + 1
            sizey = bottom - top + 1
            return sizex, sizey
    except:
        pass
 

def _get_terminal_size_tput():
    # get terminal width
    # src: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/263890/how-do-i-find-the-width-height-of-a-terminal-window
    try:
        cols = int(subprocess.check_call(shlex.split('tput cols')))
        rows = int(subprocess.check_call(shlex.split('tput lines')))
        return (cols, rows)
    except:
        pass
 
 
def _get_terminal_size_linux():
    def ioctl_GWINSZ(fd):
        try:
            import fcntl
            import termios
            cr = struct.unpack('hh',
                               fcntl.ioctl(fd, termios.TIOCGWINSZ, '1234'))
            return cr
        except:
            pass
    cr = ioctl_GWINSZ(0) or ioctl_GWINSZ(1) or ioctl_GWINSZ(2)
    if not cr:
        try:
            fd = os.open(os.ctermid(), os.O_RDONLY)
            cr = ioctl_GWINSZ(fd)
            os.close(fd)
        except:
            pass
    if not cr:
        try:
            cr = (os.environ['LINES'], os.environ['COLUMNS'])
        except:
            return None
    return int(cr[1]), int(cr[0])
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    sizex, sizey = get_terminal_size()
    print('width =', sizex, 'height =', sizey)
else:
    if random.randint(0, 5) == 0:
        print('import terminalsize: Special thank to Alexander Belchenko, Harco Kuppens, and Justin Riley for writing a wonderful script that detects terminal size across OSes. ')
    else:
        print('Thanks to Belchenko, Kuppens, and Riley! ')
    print()