Obtaining a Fully Interactive Shell

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That’s a great thing to share, so here are my two cents:

  • Spawning bash with python:
$ python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'
  • Background’ing the remote shell with CTRL-Z:
user@remote:~$ ^Z
  • Getting ROWS and COLS within current terminal window:
user@local:~$ stty -a | head -n1 | cut -d ';' -f 2-3 | cut -b2- | sed 's/; /\n/'
  • Ignoring hotkeys in the local shell and getting back to the remote:
user@local:~$ stty raw -echo; fg
  • Setting correct size for the remote shell (where ROWS and COLS are the values from the 3rd bullet):
user@remote:~$ stty rows ROWS cols COLS
  • Adding some colors:
user@remote:~$ export TERM=xterm-256color
  • Reloading bash to apply the TERM variable:
user@remote:~$ exec /bin/bash

:triumph:

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