====== Programatically Setting the XTerm Screen Size ======

This is a nice thing that works for any XTerm based terminal, in particular for Mac OS X's default terminal. To change the terminal window size from the command line, use a command of the following form:
<code>
echo -ne '\e[8;Y;Xt'
</code>
where ''X'' stands for the desired window width and ''Y'' stands for the desired window height. For example, to get an 80x50 terminal, you could use the following script:
<code>
#!/bin/sh
echo -ne '\e[8;50;80t'
</code>
or you could place this into an inline function, loaded in your ''.bashrc'' file or similar:
<code>
function ts
{
    if [[ -n "$1"  &&  -n "$2" && $1 > 0 && $2 > 0 ]]; then
        echo -ne "\e[8;$2;$1t" 
    fi  
}
function ts8025
{ 
    ts 80 25
}
<code>
You can also set the window size in pixels instead of characters if you prefer. Just replace the 8 in the above command with a 4, like:
  echo -ne '\e[4;Ypix;Xpixt'