Function get_terminal_size

Lib/shutil.py:1514–1557

Get the size of the terminal window. For each of the two dimensions, the environment variable, COLUMNS and LINES respectively, is checked. If the variable is defined and the value is a positive integer, it is used. When COLUMNS or LINES is not defined, which is the common case,

(fallback=(80, 24))

             follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)

def get_terminal_size(fallback=(80, 24)):
    """Get the size of the terminal window.

    For each of the two dimensions, the environment variable, COLUMNS
    and LINES respectively, is checked. If the variable is defined and
    the value is a positive integer, it is used.

    When COLUMNS or LINES is not defined, which is the common case,
    the terminal connected to sys.__stdout__ is queried
    by invoking os.get_terminal_size.

    If the terminal size cannot be successfully queried, either because
    the system doesn't support querying, or because we are not
    connected to a terminal, the value given in fallback parameter
    is used. Fallback defaults to (80, 24) which is the default
    size used by many terminal emulators.

    The value returned is a named tuple of type os.terminal_size.
    """
    # columns, lines are the working values
    try:
        columns = int(os.environ['COLUMNS'])
    except (KeyError, ValueError):
        columns = 0

    try:
        lines = int(os.environ['LINES'])
    except (KeyError, ValueError):
        lines = 0

    # only query if necessary
    if columns <= 0 or lines <= 0:
        try:
            size = os.get_terminal_size(sys.__stdout__.fileno())
        except (AttributeError, ValueError, OSError):
            # stdout is None, closed, detached, or not a terminal, or
            # os.get_terminal_size() is unsupported
            size = os.terminal_size(fallback)
        if columns <= 0:
            columns = size.columns or fallback[0]
        if lines <= 0:
            lines = size.lines or fallback[1]

    return os.terminal_size((columns, lines))


# Check that a given file can be accessed with the correct mode.