Length of Bash prompt PS1
sudo apt install ansi2txt
printf "${PS1@P}" | ansi2txt | col | wc -m

Print a line of A's and 🐧's


Number of terminal cols
tput cols
Fill terminal line with A.
printf "\x41" | xargs yes 2>/dev/null | head -n $(tput cols) | tr -d "\n" | xargs printf "%s\n"
Fill terminal line with penguin.
printf "\U1F427" | xargs yes 2>/dev/null | head -n $(($(tput cols)/2)) | tr -d "\n" | xargs printf "%s\n"
printf "\x41" | xargs yes 2>/dev/null | head -n $(tput cols) | tr -d "\n" &&
printf "\U1F427" | xargs yes 2>/dev/null | head -n $(($(tput cols)/2)) | tr -d "\n" | xargs printf "%s\n"