console_width_test

gistfile1.txt

console_width_test.cs:

using System;
class console_width_test {
  public static void Main() {
    Console.WriteLine(
        String.Format(
          "WindowWidth={0}, IsOutputRedirected={1}, IsErrorRedirected={2}, IsInputRedirected={3}",
          Console.WindowWidth,
          Console.IsOutputRedirected,
          Console.IsErrorRedirected,
          Console.IsInputRedirected));
  }
}


Mono on Linux

vlad@vlad-xu1404:~/Desktop$ ./console_width_test.exe 
WindowWidth=138, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=False
vlad@vlad-xu1404:~/Desktop$ echo | ./console_width_test.exe 
WindowWidth=0, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=True
vlad@vlad-xu1404:~/Desktop$ ./console_width_test.exe  | cat
WindowWidth=0, IsOutputRedirected=True, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=False
vlad@vlad-xu1404:~/Desktop$ ./console_width_test.exe 2>/dev/null
WindowWidth=138, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=True, IsInputRedirected=False
vlad@vlad-xu1404:~/Desktop$ ./console_width_test.exe >/tmp/bla && cat /tmp/bla && rm /tmp/bla
WindowWidth=0, IsOutputRedirected=True, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=False
vlad@vlad-xu1404:~/Desktop$ echo | ./console_width_test.exe 2>/dev/null
WindowWidth=0, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=True, IsInputRedirected=True

.NET on Windows:
~/dev> ./console_width_test.exe
WindowWidth=240, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=False
~/dev> echo | ./console_width_test.exe
WindowWidth=240, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=True
~/dev>  ./console_width_test.exe  | cat
WindowWidth=240, IsOutputRedirected=True, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=False
~/dev>  ./console_width_test.exe  >/tmp/bla && cat /tmp/bla && rm /tmp/bla
WindowWidth=240, IsOutputRedirected=True, IsErrorRedirected=False, IsInputRedirected=False
~/dev> echo | ./console_width_test.exe  2>/tmp/baz
WindowWidth=240, IsOutputRedirected=False, IsErrorRedirected=True, IsInputRedirected=True