| Function | ESC Sequence | Description
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Clear Screen | ESC[2J
| Clear the whole screen and position the cursor to the top left corner.
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Clear Line | ESC[K
| Clear line, from cursor position to the right most position of line.
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| Function | ESC Sequence | Description
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Move Up | ESC[numA
| Move the cursor up num positions
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Move Down | ESC[numB
| Move the cursor down num positions
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Move Right | ESC[numC
| Move the cursor right num positions
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Move Left | ESC[numD
| Move the cursor left num positions
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Move to Position | ESC[row;colH
| Move the cursor to the (col, row) position.
Note that the row comes before column; that is, y comes before x.
Either col or row can be omitted.
Row and column both start with "1," not zero. (1, 1) corresponds to the
top-left corner of the screen.
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Move to Position | ESC[row;colf
| Same as above.
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| Function | ESC Sequence | Description
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Save Cursor Positon | ESC[s
| Save the cursor position for later restoration.
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Restore Cursor Positon | ESC[u
| Restore the cursor position previously saved.
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| Function | ESC Sequence | Description
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Change Character Mode | ESC[attrm
| Change the character mode with attribute attr.
The attributes are numbers listed below.
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Change Character Mode | ESC[attr;...;attrm
| Change the character mode with attributes
attr;...;attr.
The attributes are numbers listed below.
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All Off | 0
| All attributes turned off. (Except for foreground and background color).
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High Intensity | 1
| Bold.
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Low Intensity | 2
| Normal.
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Italic | 3
| Work only on some systems.
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Underline | 4
| Underline font.
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Blink | 5
| Blinking font.
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Rapid Blink | 6
| Works only on some systems.
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Reverse Video | 7
| Swapping the foreground color and the background color.
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Invisible | 8
| Do not display characters.
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Foreground Color | 30
| Black.
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Foreground Color | 31
| Red.
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Foreground Color | 32
| Green.
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Foreground Color | 33
| Yellow.
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Foreground Color | 34
| Blue.
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Foreground Color | 35
| Magenta.
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Foreground Color | 36
| Cyan.
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Foreground Color | 37
| White.
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Background Color | 40
| Black.
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Background Color | 41
| Red.
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Background Color | 42
| Green.
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Background Color | 43
| Yellow.
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Background Color | 44
| Blue.
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Background Color | 45
| Magenta.
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Background Color | 46
| Cyan.
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Background Color | 47
| White.
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