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Coloring Linux Terminal

The document provides instructions on how to color the Linux terminal using ANSI escape codes for various styles, foreground, and background colors. It includes a table of available styles and color codes, as well as examples of how to change text color and revert to default settings. Additionally, it explains how to insert system information using specific escape sequences.

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Coloring Linux Terminal

The document provides instructions on how to color the Linux terminal using ANSI escape codes for various styles, foreground, and background colors. It includes a table of available styles and color codes, as well as examples of how to change text color and revert to default settings. Additionally, it explains how to insert system information using specific escape sequences.

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If you want to coloring Linux terminal that using standart system, you can do with
the following knowledge.

Style Foreground Background


-----------------------------------------
NORMAL=0 FG_BLACK=30 BG_BLACK=40
BOLD=1 FG_RED=31 BG_RED=41
UNDERLINE=4 FG_GREEN=32 BG_GREEN=42
BLINK=5 FG_YELLOW=33 BG_YELLOW=43
REVERSE=7 FG_BLUE=34 BG_BLUE=44
FG_MAGENTA=35 BG_MAGENTA=45
FG_CYAN=36 BG_CYAN=46
FG_GRAY=37 BG_GRAY=47
FG_DEFAULT=39 BG_DEFAULT=49

NOTE: Not specifying a style, foreground, or background code in the


escape sequence is the same as entering the normal or default value.

b Insert the baudrate of the current line.


d Insert the current date.
s Insert the system name, the name of the operating system.
l Insert the name of the current tty line.
m Insert the architecture identifier of the machine, e.g., i686.
n Insert the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname.
o Insert the domainname of the machine.
r Insert the release number of the kernel, e.g., [Link].
t Insert the current time.
u Insert the number of current users logged in.
U Insert the string "1 user" or "<n> users" where <n> is the
number of current users logged in.
v Insert the version of the OS, e.g., the build-date etc.

Example to change the text color (foreground) to bold blue…


^[[1;34m

Example to change the text color to normal blue and change the background to cyan…
^[[0;34;46m

Example to revert back to the default style, text, and background…


^[[0m

This example of direct command using syntax

# echo -e '\e[1;31mUbuntu\e[0m' > /etc/issue

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