Best TTY

Spawn Python shell

python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

Background the shell

Ctrl + Z

Get current Rows and Columns

stty -a | head -n1 | cut -d ';' -f 2-3 | cut -b2- | sed 's/; /\n/'

Bring shell back to the foreground

stty raw -echo; fg

Set size for the remote shell (where ROWS and COLS are the values from the 3rd command)

stty rows ROWS cols COLS

Add some colours

export TERM=xterm-256color

Reload bash to apply the TERM variable

exec /bin/bash