Thanks for your report. Confirmed in Intrepid. Same result with lines which returns 24 instead of 36.
$ apt-cache policy ncurses-bin ncurses-bin: Installed: 5.6+20071124-1ubuntu2 ** Changed in: ncurses (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => ncurses Status: New => Confirmed -- 'tput cols' give strange results https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187866 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs