---
name: "resize"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xterm"
version: "222-1etch4"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/resize/1x"
---

# resize(1x)

set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window size

## NAME

resize - set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window size

## SYNOPSIS

**resize** \[ **-u** \| **-c** \] \[ **-s** \[ *row col* \] \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Resize* prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP environment variables to indicate the current size of *xterm* window from which the command is run.  For this output to take effect, *resize* must either be evaluated as part of the command line (usually done with a shell alias or function) or else redirected to a file which can then be read in.  From the C shell (usually known as */bin/csh*), the following alias could be defined in the  user's *.cshrc*:

```
        %  alias rs 'set noglob; eval `resize`'
```

After resizing the window, the user would type:

```
        %  rs
```

Users of versions of the Bourne shell (usually known as */bin/sh*) that  don't have command functions will need to send the output to a temporary file and the read it back in with the \`\`.'' command:

```
        $  resize > /tmp/out
        $  . /tmp/out
```

## OPTIONS

The following options may be used with *resize*:

- **-u**

  This option indicates that Bourne shell commands should be generated even if  the user's current shell isn't */bin/sh*.

- **-c**

  This option indicates that C shell commands should be generated even if the user's current shell isn't */bin/csh*.

- **-s \[*rows columns*\]**

  This option indicates that Sun console escape sequences will be used  instead of the VT100-style *xterm* escape codes. If *rows* and *columns* are given, *resize* will ask the *xterm* to resize itself.  However, the window manager may choose to disallow the change.

  Note that the Sun console escape sequences are recognized by XFree86 *xterm* and by *dtterm*. The *resize* program may be installed as *sunsize*, which causes makes it assume the **-s** option.

  The *rows* and *columns* arguments must appear last; though they are normally associated with the **-s** option, they are parsed separately.

## FILES

- /etc/termcap

  for the base termcap entry to modify.

- \~/.cshrc

  user's alias for the command.

## SEE ALSO

[csh(1)](/csh/1.md), [tset(1)](/tset/1.md), [xterm(1)](/xterm/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Mark Vandevoorde (MIT-Athena), Edward Moy (Berkeley)\
 Copyright (c) 1984, 1985 by X Consortium\
 See [*X*(1x)](/X/1x.md) for a complete copyright notice.