ANSI Escape Sequences

The C shell and all the utilities that come with it generate the following ANSI escape sequences when writing to a file or pipe. When writing to the console, they interpret these sequences. In this table, Esc refers to the 0x1b escape character.

Escape Sequence	Meaning
Esc [ row; col H	Set cursor position, counting from (1, 1) in upper left-hand corner.
Esc [ row; col f	Set cursor position, counting from (1, 1) in upper left-hand corner.
Esc [ n A	Cursor up n rows.
Esc [ n B	Cursor down n rows.
Esc [ n C	Cursor forward n rows.
Esc [ n D	Cursor backward n rows.
Esc [ s	Save cursor position.
Esc [ u	Restore cursor position.
Esc [ 2 J	Erase display and move cursor to upper left-hand corner.
Esc [ K	Erase to end of line.
Esc [ g m	Set graphics rendition (color, etc.). More than one change can be specified by using semicolons between each g value: Basic attributes: 0 Normal 1 Bright 2 Dim 5 Bright background 7 Reverse video 8 Hidden Foreground colors: 30 Black 31 Red 32 Green 33 Yellow 34 Blue 35 Magenta 36 Cyan 37 White Background colors: 40 Black 41 Red 42 Green 43 Yellow 44 Blue 45 Magenta 46 Cyan 47 White