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Bash#

Colors and Formatting#

  • ANSI Escape Codes terminal-ansi-escape-codes.png
  • \e: 0x1b ascii escape character
  • \e[38;5;(n)m: Select foreground color
  • \e[48;5;(n)m: Select background color
    • 0..7: standard colors (e.g. \e[30–37m)
    • 8..15: high intensity colors (e.g. \e[90–97m)
    • 16..231: 6 × 6 × 6 cube (216 colors): 16 + 36 × r + 6 × g + b (0 ≤ r, g, b ≤ 5)
    • 232..255: grayscale from black to white in 24 steps
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Last update: January 28, 2022
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