Commands matching tput (64)

  • toggle line wrapping in your terminal

    tput rmam will disable line wrapping so that long lines are truncated to width of the terminal ($COLUMNS). tput smam will re-enable wrapping. I've always used tput in bash scripts but I guess it works on the command line too. Doesn't work in all terminals. See http://www.gnu.org/software/termutils/manual/termutils-2.0/html_chapter/tput_1.html


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    tput rmam
    kennyld · 2014-02-26 07:06:37 6
  • Highlight the plain text in XML (or HTML, SGML, etc)

    Don't want to open up an editor just to view a bunch of XML files in an easy to read format? Now you can do it from the comfort of your own command line! :-) This creates a new function, xmlpager, which shows an XML file in its entirety, but with the actual content (non-tag text) highlighted. It does this by setting the foreground to color #4 (red) after every tag and resets it before the next tag. (Hint: try `tput bold` as an alternative). I use 'xmlindent' to neatly reflow and indent the text, but, of course, that's optional. If you don't have xmlindent, just replace it with 'cat'. Additionally, this example shows piping into the optional 'less' pager; note the -r option which allows raw escape codes to be passed to the terminal. Show Sample Output


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    xmlpager() { xmlindent "$@" | awk '{gsub(">",">'`tput setf 4`'"); gsub("<","'`tput sgr0`'<"); print;} END {print "'`tput sgr0`'"}' | less -r; }
    hackerb9 · 2015-07-12 09:22:10 11
  • Bold & Normal Text Variables

    Good for use in your ~/.bash_profile or a script. Show Sample Output


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    BOLD=$(tput bold); NORM=$(tput sgr0)
    thrifus · 2015-10-12 15:53:12 38
  • Find German synonyms using OpenThesaurus

    A function for retrieving and displaying a list of synonyms for a German word or phrase. Show Sample Output


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    desyno(){ wget -q -O- https://www.openthesaurus.de/synonyme/search\?q\="$*"\&format\=text/xml | sed 's/>/>\n/g' | grep "<term term=" | cut -d \' -f 2 | paste -s -d , | sed 's/,/, /g' | fold -s -w $(tput cols); }
    lordtoran · 2019-02-09 05:06:42 32
  • Salvage a borked terminal


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    tput rmso
    hansgruber · 2017-07-13 20:01:42 17
  • Show a clock in the upper right corner

    This will use tput to place the command (date %T in this case) in the upper right corner of the terminal


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    while sleep 1;do tput sc;tput cup 0 $(($(tput cols)-11));echo -e "\e[31m`date +%T`\e[39m";tput rc;done &
    x3mboy · 2017-11-16 18:07:39 19
  • A line across the entire width of the terminal

    Here is an alternative that support unicodes, using echo: It is using the \c flag, meaning no new line for the echo option -e. You can replace the = with any unicode character. Or to do the same into a PHP bash script: shell = system("tput cols"); for( $i= 0 ; $i < $shell ; $i++ ){ echo "█"; } Show Sample Output


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    for ((i=0; i<$(tput cols); i++)); do echo -e "=\c" ;done
    K33st · 2018-03-19 19:37:02 27
  • Know when you will type :q in your term instead of vi(m), the alias will chewed you out.

    For vi(m) users : Add it in your ~/.bashrc Add an "exit" @ the end if you are masochist ;) Show Sample Output


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    alias :q='tput setaf 1; echo >&2 "this is NOT vi(m) :/"; tput sgr0'
    sputnick · 2009-12-08 12:59:44 3
  • Print a row of characters across the terminal

    For BSD-based systems, including OS X, that don't have seq. This version provides a default using tput in case $COLUMNS is not set: jot -b '#' -s '' ${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)} Show Sample Output


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    jot -b '#' -s '' $COLUMNS
    dennisw · 2010-04-13 22:03:39 6
  • Blinking, Color Highlighted search for input/output and files, like grep --color

    hb(){ sed "s/\($*\)/`tput setaf 2;tput setab 0;tput blink`\1`tput sgr0`/gI"; } hb blinks, hc does a reverse color with background.. both very nice. hc(){ sed "s/\($*\)/`tput setaf 0;tput setab 6`\1`tput sgr0`/gI"; } Run this: command ps -Hacl -F S -A f | hc ".*$PPID.*" | hb ".*$$.*" Your welcome ;) From my bash profile - http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output


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    hb(){ sed "s/\($*\)/`tput setaf 2;tput setab 0;tput blink`\1`tput sgr0`/gI"; }
    AskApache · 2010-04-07 08:45:26 4
  • mural graffiti

    apt install toilet toilet-fonts # replace 'tput setaf 1' with 'tput setaf 9' to change color


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    tput setaf 1;tput rev;h=$(tput lines);w=$[$(tput cols)/6];c=$(seq -ws '_____|' $[$w+1]|tr -d "0-9");for a in $(seq $[$h/2]);do echo $c;echo ${c//|___/___|};done;tput cup 0;toilet -t -f bigmono12 "?LOVE";tput cup $h
    knoppix5 · 2020-11-01 13:31:31 375
  • Blue Matrix

    Matrix Screen HPUX


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    while :; do integer i=0; COL=$((RANDOM%$(tput cols))); ROW=$((RANDOM%$(tput cols))); while (( i <= COL)) do tput cup $i $ROW; echo "\033[1;34m" $(cat /dev/urandom | head -1 | cut -c1-1) 2>/dev/null; i=$(expr $i + 1); done done
    mfrancime · 2010-05-28 11:17:43 3
  • clear screen, keep prompt at eye-level (faster than clear(1), tput cl, etc.)


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    Ctrl+l
    bakhru · 2011-04-13 21:15:37 6
  • Clear terminal Screen


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    tput clear
    mpb · 2019-06-12 17:51:31 34
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