import os import platform import shlex import struct import subprocess def get_terminal_size(): """getTerminalSize() - get width and height of console - works on linux,os x,windows,cygwin(windows) originally retrieved from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/566746/how-to-get-console-window-width-in-python https://gist.github.com/jtriley/1108174 """ current_os = platform.system() tuple_xy = None if current_os == "Windows": tuple_xy = _get_terminal_size_windows() if tuple_xy is None: tuple_xy = _get_terminal_size_tput() # needed for window's python in cygwin's xterm! if current_os in ["Linux", "Darwin"] or current_os.startswith("CYGWIN"): tuple_xy = _get_terminal_size_linux() if tuple_xy is None: tuple_xy = (80, 25) # default value return tuple_xy def _get_terminal_size_windows(): try: from ctypes import windll, create_string_buffer # stdin handle is -10 # stdout handle is -11 # stderr handle is -12 h = windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(-12) csbi = create_string_buffer(22) res = windll.kernel32.GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(h, csbi) if res: (bufx, bufy, curx, cury, wattr, left, top, right, bottom, maxx, maxy) = struct.unpack("hhhhHhhhhhh", csbi.raw) sizex = right - left + 1 sizey = bottom - top + 1 return sizex, sizey except Exception: pass def _get_terminal_size_tput(): # get terminal width # src: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/263890/how-do-i-find-the-width-height-of-a-terminal-window try: cols = int(subprocess.check_output(shlex.split("tput cols"))) rows = int(subprocess.check_output(shlex.split("tput lines"))) return (cols, rows) except Exception: pass def _get_terminal_size_linux(): def ioctl_GWINSZ(fd): try: import fcntl import termios cr = struct.unpack("hh", fcntl.ioctl(fd, termios.TIOCGWINSZ, "1234")) return cr except Exception: pass cr = ioctl_GWINSZ(0) or ioctl_GWINSZ(1) or ioctl_GWINSZ(2) if not cr: try: fd = os.open(os.ctermid(), os.O_RDONLY) cr = ioctl_GWINSZ(fd) os.close(fd) except Exception: pass if not cr: try: cr = (os.environ["LINES"], os.environ["COLUMNS"]) except Exception: return None return int(cr[1]), int(cr[0])