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  1. @jtriley jtriley created this gist Jul 26, 2011.
    89 changes: 89 additions & 0 deletions terminalsize.py
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    import os
    import shlex
    import struct
    import platform
    import subprocess


    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