Richard Cobbe wrote:

> (Just out of curiosity, is the COLUMNS trick documented anywhere?  I
> couldn't find it in any of the obvious manpages: dpkg(8), bash(1),
> environ(7).)

Yes, it actually is in the bash manpage:

   Simple Commands

       A simple command is a sequence of optional variable assignments
       followed by blank-separated words and redirections, and
       terminated by a control operator. The first word specifies the
       command to be executed, and is passed as argument zero. The
       remaining words are passed as arguments to the invoked command.

Craig

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