+# see if uptime even exists.
+uptime &>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ # test if this uptime knows the -p flag.
+ uptime -p &>/dev/null
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ up="$(uptime -p)"
+ else
+ up="$(uptime | awk '{print $2 " " $3 " " $4 " plus " $1 " hours" }')"
+ fi
+else
+ # if we can't do this, then we're not even on windows cygwin. wth are we?
+ up="up a whole $(cat /proc/uptime|awk '{print $1}') seconds, yo"
+fi
+
+# decide whether they've got splitter available or not.
+if [ -f "$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