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.
| code |
description |
\u001b[30m |
Black font color |
\u001b[31m |
Red font color |
\u001b[32m |
Green font color |
\u001b[33m |
Yellow font color |
\u001b[34m |
Blue font color |
\u001b[35m |
Magenta font color |
\u001b[36m |
Cyan font color |
\u001b[37m |
White font color |
| code |
description |
\u001b[30;1m |
Bright Black font color |
\u001b[31;1m |
Bright Red font color |
\u001b[32;1m |
Bright Green font color |
\u001b[33;1m |
Bright Yellow font color |
\u001b[34;1m |
Bright Blue font color |
\u001b[35;1m |
Bright Magenta font color |
\u001b[36;1m |
Bright Cyan font color |
\u001b[37;1m |
Bright White font color |
| code |
description |
\u001b[38;5; + n + m + n |
Standard font color where n can be a number between 0-7 |
\u001b[38;5; + n + m + n |
High intensity font color where n can be a number between 8-15 |
\u001b[38;5; + n + m + n |
Rainbow font color where n can be a number between 16-231 |
\u001b[38;5; + n + m + n |
Gray font color where n can be a number between 232-255 |
| code |
description |
\u001b[40m |
Black background color |
\u001b[41m |
Red background color |
\u001b[42m |
Green background color |
\u001b[43m |
Yellow background color |
\u001b[44m |
Blue background color |
\u001b[45m |
Magenta background color |
\u001b[46m |
Cyan background color |
\u001b[47m |
White background color |
| code |
description |
\u001b[40;1m |
Bright Black background color |
\u001b[41;1m |
Bright Red background color |
\u001b[42;1m |
Bright Green background color |
\u001b[43;1m |
Bright Yellow background color |
\u001b[44;1m |
Bright Blue background color |
\u001b[45;1m |
Bright Magenta background color |
\u001b[46;1m |
Bright Cyan background color |
\u001b[47;1m |
Bright White background color |
| code |
description |
\u001b[48;5; + n + m + n |
Standard background color where n can be a number between 0-7 |
\u001b[48;5; + n + m + n |
High intensity background color where n can be a number between 8-15 |
\u001b[48;5; + n + m + n |
Rainbow background color where n can be a number between 16-231 |
\u001b[48;5; + n + m + n |
Gray background color where n can be a number between 232-255 |
| code |
description |
\u001b[0m |
Reset all styles |
\u001b[1m |
Bold |
\u001b[4m |
Underline |
\u001b[7m |
Reversed |
| code |
description |
\u001b[ + n + A |
Move Up by n rows |
\u001b[ + n + B |
Move Down by n rows |
\u001b[ + n + C |
Move Right by n columns |
\u001b[ + n + D |
Move Left by n columns |
\u001b[ + n + E |
Move cursor to beginning of line, n lines down |
\u001b[ + n + F |
Move cursor to beginning of line, n lines up |
\u001b[ + n + G |
Move cursor to column n |
\u001b[ + n + ; + m + H |
Move cursor to row n column m |
\u001b[{s} |
Save the current cursor position |
\u001b[{u} |
Restore the cursor to the last saved position |
| code |
description |
\u001b[0J |
clears from cursor until end of screen |
\u001b[1J |
clears from cursor to beginning of screen |
\u001b[2J |
clears entire screen |
\u001b[0K |
clears from cursor to end of line |
\u001b[1K |
clears from cursor to start of line |
\u001b[2K |
clears entire line |
