ANSI codes for cli controled output

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ANSI escape codes

ANSI escape codes can be printed to a shell to as instructions. The below is a list of codes I have used often in my CLI programs and I find myself looking up over and over again.

A great article about it can be found here.

Content

• Colors
• Styles
• Cursor movements
• Screen

Prefix

The standard prefix is ESC which can be expressed as:

• Ctrl-Key: ^[
• Octal: \033
• Unicode: \u001b
• Hexadecimal: \x1B
• Decimal: 27

Colors

Font color

8 Colors

code	description
\x1B[30m	Black font color
\x1B[31m	Red font color
\x1B[32m	Green font color
\x1B[33m	Yellow font color
\x1B[34m	Blue font color
\x1B[35m	Magenta font color
\x1B[36m	Cyan font color
\x1B[37m	White font color

16 Colors

code	description
\x1B[30;1m	Bright Black font color
\x1B[31;1m	Bright Red font color
\x1B[32;1m	Bright Green font color
\x1B[33;1m	Bright Yellow font color
\x1B[34;1m	Bright Blue font color
\x1B[35;1m	Bright Magenta font color
\x1B[36;1m	Bright Cyan font color
\x1B[37;1m	Bright White font color

256 colors

code	description
\x1B[38;5; + n + m + n	Standard font color where n can be a number between 0-7
\x1B[38;5; + n + m + n	High intensity font color where n can be a number between 8-15
\x1B[38;5; + n + m + n	Rainbow font color where n can be a number between 16-231
\x1B[38;5; + n + m + n	Gray font color where n can be a number between 232-255

Background colors

8 Colors

code	description
\x1B[40m	Black background color
\x1B[41m	Red background color
\x1B[42m	Green background color
\x1B[43m	Yellow background color
\x1B[44m	Blue background color
\x1B[45m	Magenta background color
\x1B[46m	Cyan background color
\x1B[47m	White background color

16 Colors

code	description
\x1B[40;1m	Bright Black background color
\x1B[41;1m	Bright Red background color
\x1B[42;1m	Bright Green background color
\x1B[43;1m	Bright Yellow background color
\x1B[44;1m	Bright Blue background color
\x1B[45;1m	Bright Magenta background color
\x1B[46;1m	Bright Cyan background color
\x1B[47;1m	Bright White background color

256 colors

code	description
\x1B[48;5; + n + m + n	Standard background color where n can be a number between 0-7
\x1B[48;5; + n + m + n	High intensity background color where n can be a number between 8-15
\x1B[48;5; + n + m + n	Rainbow background color where n can be a number between 16-231
\x1B[48;5; + n + m + n	Gray background color where n can be a number between 232-255

Styles

code	description
\x1B[0m	Reset all styles
\x1B[1m	Bold
\x1B[4m	Underline
\x1B[7m	Reversed

Cursor

code	description
\x1B[?25l	Hide cursor
\x1B[?25h	Show cursor
\x1B[ + n + A	Move Up by n rows
\x1B[ + n + B	Move Down by n rows
\x1B[ + n + C	Move Right by n columns
\x1B[ + n + D	Move Left by n columns
\x1B[ + n + E	Move cursor to beginning of line, n lines down
\x1B[ + n + F	Move cursor to beginning of line, n lines up
\x1B[ + n + G	Move cursor to column n
\x1B[ + n + ; + m + H	Move cursor to row n column m
\x1B[{s}	Save the current cursor position
\x1B[{u}	Restore the cursor to the last saved position

Screen

code	description
\x1B[0J	clears from cursor until end of screen
\x1B[1J	clears from cursor to beginning of screen
\x1B[2J	clears entire screen
\x1B[0K	clears from cursor to end of line
\x1B[1K	clears from cursor to start of line
\x1B[2K	clears entire line