how to get number of lines in terminal

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  1. wala, Dec 3, 2006

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    Is there any standard, cross-shell, and cross-platform way, in C, to get the number of lines one's terminal currently has?
    I know the variable LINES is found in many shells, but is there a function which can be used to retrieve shell (not environment) variables?
     
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  2. iMeowbot, Dec 3, 2006

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    The standard way to do this is to use curses. The variable LINES will be defined after a newterm() or initscr().
     
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