On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Eduardo A. Bustamante López <dual...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] > For some reason though, the following fails to update the value of COLUMNS: [...] > echo \$- $- > echo cols $(tput cols) > command true # this should trigger? > select opt in "${options[@]}"; do > break > done
Bah, ignore this remark. `command true' will run the builtin `true'. The rest of my email should be accurate though.