Public bug reported:
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
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dpkg -l ncurses-bin | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Nom Version Description
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ii ncurses-bin 5.6+20070716-1ubuntu3 Terminal-related programs and man pages
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps -ef | grep [g]nome-term
root 6132 1 0 09:48 ? 00:00:07 gnome-terminal --geometry=110x36
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo $COLUMNS
110
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# tput cols
110
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# COLS=$(tput cols)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo $COLS
110
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# COLS=$(tput cols 2>/dev/null)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo $COLS
80
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# tput cols 2>/dev/null
110
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** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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'tput cols' give strange results
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187866
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