Home » Fitness Strategies Network » Running Command ''Tput' Cols' Had Status 2 Running Command ''Tput' Cols' Had Status 2 Marcus Vance • Oct 3, 2026 • 2 min read I get this warning whenever I start R. What does it mean and should I be concerned? Warning message: In system2("tput", "cols", stdout = TRUE) : running command ''tput' cols' had status 2 9 Related questions 6 column names have periods inserted where there should be spaces 2 read.table error 0 col() in R gives warning message Related questions 6 column names have periods inserted where there should be spaces 2 read.table error 0 col() in R gives warning message 1 read.table row.names & col.names ERROR 0 Error in colnames <-`(`*tmp*`... attempt to set 'colnames' on an object with less than two dimensions 5 Error in View : undefined columns selected 2 Error in read.table with colClasses 3 r - Error: Text after processing all cols in fread (data.table) 10 Command Lines error in Rstudio console 0 Colclasses comand is failing with “scan() expected 'a real', got…” message Load 7 more related questions Show fewer related questions Sorted by: Reset to default Know someone who can answer? Share a link to this question via email, Twitter, or Facebook. Share Article: Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Telegram Author Marcus Vance Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.