Terminal based Application cheat sheet

vte-apps-cheat-sheet.md

Terminal based Application cheat sheet

Naming convention

• ESC 0x1b - Introduces an escape sequence
• CSI 0x1B [- Control sequence introducer
• OSC 0x1B ] - Operating system command

Functions

VT sequence	Description	Example
CSI row ; col H	Position the cursor	CSI 1 ; 1 H
CSI color m	Set graphics rendition	CSI 41 m
CSI 2 J	clear the whole screen
CSI 3 J	clear scrollback buffer (history)

Graphics Rendtion Table

color code	name
30	foreground black
31	foreground red
32	foreground green
33	foreground yellow
34	foreground blue
35	foreground magenta
36	foreground cyan
37	foreground white
40	background black
41	background red
42	background green
43	background yellow
44	background blue
45	background magenta
46	background cyan
47	background white

C/C++ example

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("\033[1;1H\033[2J\033[3J"); // will do merely the same like your /usr/bin/clear command
    return 0;
}