cd dStabilize shell method 1

1. Spawn a tty Shell¶

via python¶

python -c 'import pty;pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'
python3 -c 'import pty;pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

via bash¶

SHELL=/bin/bash script -q /dev/null

2. Upgrade to Interactive Shell¶

^Z background the shell with Control-Z

2.a. gather information about native terminal; note of the number of rows and columns¶

echo $TERM       // xterm-256color
stty -a          // rows 39; columns 77

3. allow passing of keyboard shortcuts¶

foreground the background shell¶

stty raw -echo && fg

4. reset the terminal¶

reset # reset: unknown terminal type unknown # Terminal type? xterm-256color # reset: unknown terminal type xterm-256color # Terminal type? xterm

4. set the terminal type and shell¶

export TERM=xterm
export SHELL=bash

4.a. set the rows and columns to the same as our native terminal¶

stty rows 61
stty columns 116

Stabilize shell method 2 steps to stabilize your shell 1. spawn a tty Shell via python

python3 -c 'import pty;pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

Which uses Python to spawn a better-featured bash shell. At this point, our shell will look a bit prettier, but we still won’t be able to use tab autocomplete or the arrow keys.

```
export TERM=xterm
```
The export TERM=xterm command sets the terminal emulator to xterm. This will give us access to term commands such as clear.

Finally (and most importantly) we will background the shell using

Ctrl + Z Back in our own terminal we use

stty raw -echo; fg

This does two things: first, it turns off our own terminal echo which gives us access to tab autocompletes, the arrow keys, and Ctrl + C to kill processes

stty rows 38 columns 116