ANSI Escape Sequences

Ansi Escape Sequences

Escape Sequence	Description
ESC [ lines A	Moves cursor up by lines lines (1 by default)
ESC [ lines B	Moves cursor down by lines lines (1 by default)
ESC [ cols C	Moves cursor rightward by cols columns (1 by default)
ESC [ cols D	Moves cursor leftward by cols columns (1 by default)
ESC [ lines E	Moves cursor to beginning of the line, lines (default 1) lines down.
ESC [ lines F	Moves cursor to beginning of the line, lines (default 1) lines up.
ESC [ col G	Moves the cursor to column col (absolute, 1-based).
ESC [ row ; col H	Set cursor position. The values row and col are 1-based.
ESC [ n J	Erase display. When n is 0 or missing: from cursor to end of display). When n is 1: erase from start to cursor. When n is 2: erase whole display and moves cursor to upper-left corner.
ESC [ n K	Erase line. When n is 0 or missing: from cursor to end of line. When n is 1: erase from start of line to cursor. When n is 2: erase whole line and moves cursor to first column.
ESC [ n L	Insert n (default 1) lines before current, scroll part of screen from current line to bottom.
ESC [ n M	Delete n (default 1) lines including current.
ESC [ lines S	Scroll screen (whole buffer) up by lines. New lines are added at the bottom.
ESC [ lines T	Scroll screen (whole buffer) down by lines. New lines are added at the top.
ESC [ n X	Erase n (default 1) characters from cursor (fill with spaces and default attributes).
ESC [ row ; col f	Set cursor position (same as H). The values row and col are 1-based.
ESC [ a ; b r	Set scrolling region from top=a to bottom=b. The values a and b are 1-based. Omit values to reset region.
ESC [ s	Save cursor position (can not be nested).
ESC [ u	Restore cursor position.
ESC [ 7 ; col h	Enables line wrapping at column position. If col (1-based) is absent, wrap at column 80.
ESC [ 7 l	Disables line wrapping. Lines wraps at the end of screen buffer.
ESC [ 25 h	Show text cursor.
ESC [ 25 l	Hide text cursor.
ESC [ 30…37 m	Set ANSI text color

Terminal Colours

Color Name	Color Code
Black	30
Blue	34
Green	32
Cyan	36
Red	31
Purple	35
Brown	33
Light Gray	37

Notes

• ESC is \033 in C