change environment variable
Hi all, when I do echo $COLUMNS, I see the value 131. Now this variable is not exported at all from my shell and I need to change it to 72. Does anyone have clues on 1. How to change it 2. Any gotchas that I may face. Thanks -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD. GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) You're never too old to become younger. -- Mae West smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: change environment variable
On Wednesday 08 October 2003 08:19 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Hi all, when I do echo $COLUMNS, I see the value 131. Now this variable is not exported at all from my shell and I need to change it to 72. Does anyone have clues on 1. How to change it This depends on your shell. Csh uses setenv variable value. 2. Any gotchas that I may face. No idea here. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
