+# decide whether they've got splitter available or not.
+if [ -f "$FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES/splitter" -o -f "$FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES/splitter.exe" ]; then
+ # calculate the number of columsn in the terminal.
+ cols=$(get_maxcols)
+ splitter="$FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES/splitter --maxcol $(($cols - 1))"
+else
+ # not available, so just emit as huge overly long string.
+ splitter="cat"
+fi