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`stty': Print or change terminal characteristics
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   `stty' prints or changes terminal characteristics, such as baud rate.
Synopses:

     stty [OPTION] [SETTING]...
     stty [OPTION]

   If given no line settings, `stty' prints the baud rate, line
discipline number (on systems that support it), and line settings that
have been changed from the values set by `stty sane'.  By default, mode
reading and setting are performed on the tty line connected to standard
input, although this can be modified by the `--file' option.

   `stty' accepts many non-option arguments that change aspects of the
terminal line operation, as described below.

   The program accepts the following options.  Also see Note: Common
options.

`-a'
`--all'
     Print all current settings in human-readable form.  This option
     may not be used in combination with any line settings.

`-F DEVICE'
`--file=DEVICE'
     Set the line opened by the filename specified in DEVICE instead of
     the tty line connected to standard input.  This option is necessary
     because opening a POSIX tty requires use of the `O_NONDELAY' flag
     to prevent a POSIX tty from blocking until the carrier detect line
     is high if the `clocal' flag is not set.  Hence, it is not always
     possible to allow the shell to open the device in the traditional
     manner.

`-g'
`--save'
     Print all current settings in a form that can be used as an
     argument to another `stty' command to restore the current
     settings.  This option may not be used in combination with any
     line settings.

   Many settings can be turned off by preceding them with a `-'.  Such
arguments are marked below with "May be negated" in their description.
The descriptions themselves refer to the positive case, that is, when
_not_ negated (unless stated otherwise, of course).

   Some settings are not available on all POSIX systems, since they use
extensions.  Such arguments are marked below with "Non-POSIX" in their
description.  On non-POSIX systems, those or other settings also may not
be available, but it's not feasible to document all the variations: just
try it and see.

Control

Control settings

Input

Input settings

Output

Output settings

Local

Local settings

Combination

Combination settings

Characters

Special characters

Special

Special settings