terminal

Required Command-Line Mode = Configure

Use the terminal command to resize the terminal output to specified dimensions.

Note:  The functionality provided by the terminal command is also available with cli.

The terminal command has the following syntax:

terminal
   length <number of lines>
   resize
   type <ansi | console | dumb | linux | screen | vt52 | vt100 | vt102 | vt220 | xterm>
   width <number of characters>

The following table describes the arguments for the terminal command:

Argument

Description

length <number of lines>

Specifies an override of the auto-detected length of the terminal. Specify the length in number of lines.

For example:

(config) # terminal length 80

resize

Specifies a reset of the terminal dimensions to the current window.

For example:

(config) # terminal resize

type <ansi | console | dumb | linux | screen | vt52 | vt100 | vt102 | vt220 | xterm>

Sets the terminal dimensions to a specific terminal type.

For example:

(config) # terminal type xterm

width <number of characters>

Specifies an override of the auto-detected width of the terminal. Specify the width in number of characters.For example:

(config) # terminal width 40

Related Commands

The following table summarizes other commands related to the terminal command:

Task

Command

Displays terminal parameters.

# show terminal

Clears the terminal type.

(config) # no terminal type