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Random man page:  scanw(3) -- Convert formatted input from a Curses window
The scanw, wscanw, and mvscanw routines correspond to scanf (see fscanf(3)). The effect of these routines is as though wgetstr were called on the window, and the resulting line were used as input for ...
FreeBSD Tip Of the Day View all tips 
You can change the video mode on all consoles by adding something like
the following to /etc/rc.conf:

	allscreens="80x30"

You can use "vidcontrol -i mode | grep T" for a list of supported text
modes.
		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis
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