Hi Alejandro,
> > $ true | (! grep '^.\{80\}.' 81); echo $?
> >
> > .................................................................................
> > 1
> > $
>
> May I tell groff(1) (grotty(1)) that the terminal width is 80, no
> matter what it actually is?
grotty(1) doesn't decide where to split the line, it happens earlier
than that, so you want to affect groff(1).
> Otherwise, I can only run the above in <=80-col terminals.
I don't have the command you're running.
- If it's man(1) then see if it supports $MANWIDTH or $COLUMNS.
- If it's groff, then use ‘-rLL=80n’; see groff_man(7).
$ (echo .TH a b c d; seq 314) |
> groff -ww -Tutf8 -man -rLL=80n |
> awk '{print length}' |
> uniq -c
1 80
3 0
14 80
1 23
3 0
1 80
$
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Cheers, Ralph.
