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@@ -564,6 +564,19 @@ to the specified decimal integer value. The default value is 15. This value must be positive, and is clipped to the number of display lines available in the terminal, less one. +.IP "\fB-m\fP \fIinteger\fP" +Set the maximum line length to +.IR integer . +The default value is 4095. Values smaller than 72 are adjusted to 72. +The length is measured in display characters, not original characters. +A control character like +.B ^C +counts as two characters. The behavior of +.I pw +is that when it is collecting a line, and the line has reached the maximum +length, it keeps reading characters from the standard input, but discards +them, while remaining responsive to TTY input. + .IP \fB-d\fP Disable auto-quit: when no more input is available, instead of updating the display one last time and terminating, |