this page is mostly borrowed from dylanaraps' pure-sh-bible.
table of contents
text colors ¶
| sequence | what it does | value |
\033[38;5;<NUM>m | set text foreground color. (256color) | 0-255 |
\033[48;5;<NUM>m | set text background color. (256color) | 0-255 |
\033[38;2;<R>;<G>;<B>m | set text foreground color. (truecolor) | red, green, blue |
\033[48;2;<R>;<G>;<B>m | set text background color. (truecolor) | red, green, blue |
text formatting ¶
| sequence | what it does |
\033[m | reset text formatting and colors. |
\033[1m | bold text. |
\033[2m | faint text. |
\033[3m | italic text. |
\033[4m | underline text. |
\033[5m | slow blink. |
\033[7m | swap foreground and background colors. |
\033[8m | hidden text. |
\033[9m | strike-through text. |
\033#8 | fill the screen with E |
\033(0 | fun characters |
cursor movement ¶
| sequence | what it does | value |
\033[<LINE>;<COLUMN>H | move cursor to absolute position. | line, column |
\033[H | move cursor to home position (0,0). | |
\033[<NUM>A | move cursor up NUM lines. | num |
\033[<NUM>B | move cursor down NUM lines. | num |
\033[<NUM>C | move cursor right NUM columns. | num |
\033[<NUM>D | move cursor left NUM columns. | num |
\033[s | save cursor position. | |
\033[u | restore cursor position. | |
\033[?25l | hide cursor | |
\033[?25h | show cursor |
erasing text ¶
| sequence | what it does |
\033[K | erase from cursor position to end of line. |
\033[1K | erase from cursor position to start of line. |
\033[2K | erase the entire current line. |
\033[J | erase from the current line to the bottom of the screen. |
\033[1J | erase from the current line to the top of the screen. |
\033[2J | clear the screen. |
\033[2J\033[H | clear the screen and move cursor to 0,0. |
misc ¶
| sequence | what it does | value |
\033]2;<TITLE>\007 | set the terminal title to TITLE | a string |