STTY(1) General Commands Manual STTY(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

stty - Print or change terminal characteristics.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**stty** \[-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] \[SETTING]...  
or: stty \[-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] \[-a|--all]  
or: stty \[-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] \[-g|--save]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Print or change terminal characteristics.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-a**, **--all**](#a)

print all current settings in human-readable form

[**-g**, **--save**](#g)

print all current settings in a stty-readable form

[**-F**, **--file** *<DEVICE>*](#F)

open and use the specified DEVICE instead of stdin

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

\[*settings*]

settings to change

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-16

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Document: stty(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils