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The Termcap DB is a library/db that abstracts control codes to manipulate a terminal.<br> | The Termcap DB is a library/db that abstracts control codes to manipulate a terminal.<br> | ||
The <code>tput</code> command can interact with it from shellscript. | The <code>tput</code> command can interact with it from shellscript. | ||
= Documentation = | |||
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| <code>man tput</code> || https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/ncurses/tput.1.en | |||
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|} | |||
</blockquote><!-- Documentation --> | |||
= Console Info = | |||
<blockquote> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
tput lines # height of terminal in chars | |||
tput cols # width of terminal in chars | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
</blockquote><!-- Console Info --> | |||
= Text Formatting = | |||
<blockquote> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
# colour | |||
tput setaf 1 # set foreground colour to 1/255 (red) | |||
tput setab 1 # set foreground colour to 1/255 (red) | |||
# weight | |||
tput bold # bold | |||
tput smul # underline | |||
# reset | |||
tput sgr0 # reset formatting | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
</blockquote><!-- Text Formatting --> | |||
= Help Menu Colouring = | |||
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I wrote and use this a lot. | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
setup_colours() { | |||
if [ $(tput colors) -gt 8 ] ; then | |||
C=$(tput setaf 6) # code | |||
H=$(tput setaf 3) # heading | |||
E=$(tput setaf 1) # error | |||
B=$(tput bold) # bold | |||
R=$(tput sgr0) # reset | |||
else | |||
C=$(tput sgr0) | |||
H=$(tput sgr0) | |||
E=$(tput sgr0) | |||
B=$(tput sgr0) | |||
R=$(tput sgr0) | |||
fi | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
</blockquote><!-- Help Menu Colouring --> |
Latest revision as of 21:13, 16 October 2021
The Termcap DB is a library/db that abstracts control codes to manipulate a terminal.
The tput
command can interact with it from shellscript.
Documentation
man tput
https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/ncurses/tput.1.en
Console Info
tput lines # height of terminal in chars tput cols # width of terminal in chars
Text Formatting
# colour tput setaf 1 # set foreground colour to 1/255 (red) tput setab 1 # set foreground colour to 1/255 (red) # weight tput bold # bold tput smul # underline # reset tput sgr0 # reset formatting
Help Menu Colouring
I wrote and use this a lot.
setup_colours() { if [ $(tput colors) -gt 8 ] ; then C=$(tput setaf 6) # code H=$(tput setaf 3) # heading E=$(tput setaf 1) # error B=$(tput bold) # bold R=$(tput sgr0) # reset else C=$(tput sgr0) H=$(tput sgr0) E=$(tput sgr0) B=$(tput sgr0) R=$(tput sgr0) fi }