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Terminal Escape Code Zen - Strace and Tput

Terminal - Terminal Escape Code Zen - Strace and Tput

termtrace(){( strace -s 1000 -e write tput $@ 2>&2 2>&1 ) | grep -o '"[^"]*"';}

This is sample output - yours may be different.

$ for cap in `infocmp -1q|sed 's/ *//g'|grep -v '#\||' |cut -d= -f1|tr "\n" ' '`; do echo "$cap: `termtrace $cap 5`"; done
bel: "\7"
blink: "\33[5m"
bold: "\33[1m"
cbt: "\33[Z"
civis: "\33[?25l"
clear: "\33[H\33[2J"
cnorm: "\33[?12l\33[?25h"
cr: "\r"
csr: "\33[6;1r"
cub: "\33[5D"
cub1: "\10"
cud: "\33[5B"
cud1: "\n"
cuf: "\33[5C"
cuf1: "\33[C"
cup: "\33[6;1H"
cuu: "\33[5A"
cuu1: "\33[A"
cvvis: "\33[?12;25h"
dch: "\33[5P"
dch1: "\33[P"
dl: "\33[5M"
dl1: "\33[M"
ech: "\33[5X"
ed: "\33[J"
el: "\33[K"
el1: "\33[1K"
flash: "\33[?5h"
"\33[?5l"
home: "\33[H"
hpa: "\33[6G"
ht: "\t"
hts: "\33H"
ich: "\33[5@"
il: "\33[5L"
il1: "\33[L"
ind: "\n"
indn: "\33[5S"
initc: "\33]4;5;rgb:00/00/00\33\\"
invis: "\33[8m"
is2: "\33[!p\33[?3;4l\33[4l\33>"
kDC: "\33[3;2~"
kEND: "\33[1;2F"
kHOM: "\33[1;2H"
kIC: "\33[2;2~"
kLFT: "\33[1;2D"
kNXT: "\33[6;2~"
kPRV: "\33[5;2~"
kRIT: "\33[1;2C"
kb2: "\33OE"
kbs: "\177"
kcbt: "\33[Z"
kcub1: "\33OD"
kcud1: "\33OB"
kcuf1: "\33OC"
kcuu1: "\33OA"
kdch1: "\33[3~"
kend: "\33OF"
kent: "\33OM"
kf1: "\33OP"
kf10: "\33[21~"
kf11: "\33[23~"
kf12: "\33[24~"
kf13: "\33O2P"
kf14: "\33O2Q"
kf15: "\33O2R"
kf16: "\33O2S"
kf17: "\33[15;2~"
kf18: "\33[17;2~"
kf19: "\33[18;2~"
kf2: "\33OQ"
kf20: "\33[19;2~"
kf21: "\33[20;2~"
kf22: "\33[21;2~"
kf23: "\33[23;2~"
kf24: "\33[24;2~"
kf25: "\33O5P"
kf26: "\33O5Q"
kf27: "\33O5R"
kf28: "\33O5S"
kf29: "\33[15;5~"
kf3: "\33OR"
kf30: "\33[17;5~"
kf31: "\33[18;5~"
kf32: "\33[19;5~"
kf33: "\33[20;5~"
kf34: "\33[21;5~"
kf35: "\33[23;5~"
kf36: "\33[24;5~"
kf37: "\33O6P"
kf38: "\33O6Q"
kf39: "\33O6R"
kf4: "\33OS"
kf40: "\33O6S"
kf41: "\33[15;6~"
kf42: "\33[17;6~"
kf43: "\33[18;6~"
kf44: "\33[19;6~"
kf45: "\33[20;6~"
kf46: "\33[21;6~"
kf47: "\33[23;6~"
kf48: "\33[24;6~"
kf49: "\33O3P"
kf5: "\33[15~"
kf50: "\33O3Q"
kf51: "\33O3R"
kf52: "\33O3S"
kf53: "\33[15;3~"
kf54: "\33[17;3~"
kf55: "\33[18;3~"
kf56: "\33[19;3~"
kf57: "\33[20;3~"
kf58: "\33[21;3~"
kf59: "\33[23;3~"
kf6: "\33[17~"
kf60: "\33[24;3~"
kf61: "\33O4P"
kf62: "\33O4Q"
kf63: "\33O4R"
kf7: "\33[18~"
kf8: "\33[19~"
kf9: "\33[20~"
khome: "\33OH"
kich1: "\33[2~"
kind: "\33[1;2B"
kmous: "\33[M"
knp: "\33[6~"
kpp: "\33[5~"
kri: "\33[1;2A"
mc0: "\33[i"
mc4: "\33[4i"
mc5: "\33[5i"
meml: "\33l"
memu: "\33m"
op: "\33[39;49m"
rc: "\0338"
rev: "\33[7m"
ri: "\33M"
rin: "\33[5T"
rmacs: "\33(B"
rmam: "\33[?7l"
rmcup: "\33[?1049l"
rmir: "\33[4l"
rmkx: "\33[?1l\33>"
rmso: "\33[27m"
rmul: "\33[24m"
rs1: "\33c"
rs2: "\33[!p\33[?3;4l\33[4l\33>"
sc: "\0337"
setab: "\33[45m"
setaf: "\33[35m"
sgr0: "\33(B\33[m"
smacs: "\33(0"
smam: "\33[?7h"
smcup: "\33[?1049h"
smir: "\33[4h"
smkx: "\33[?1h\33="
smso: "\33[7m"
smul: "\33[4m"
tbc: "\33[3g"
u6: "\33[5;0R"
u7: "\33[6n"
u8: "\33[?1;2c"
u9: "\33[c"
vpa: "\33[6d"

2010-03-17 08:53:41

User: AskApache

Functions: grep strace tput write

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Terminal Escape Code Zen - Strace and Tput

Depending on the TERM, the terminfo version, ncurses version, etc.. you may be using a varied assortment of terminal escape codes. With this command you can easily find out exactly what is going on.. This is terminal escape zen!

( 2>&2 strace -f -F -e write -s 1000 sh -c 'echo -e "initc\nis2\ncnorm\nrmso\nsgr0" | tput -S' 2>&1 ) | grep -o '"\\[^"]*"' --color=always

"\33]4;%p1%d;rgb:%p2%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\33\\\33[!p\33[?3;4l\33[4l\33>\33[?12l\33[?25h\33[27m\33(B\33[m"

Lets say you want to find out what you need to echo in order to get the text to blink..

echo -e "`tput blink`This will blink`tput sgr0` This wont"

Now you can use this function instead of calling tput (tput is much smarter for portable code because it works differently depending on the current TERM, and tput -T anyterm works too.) to turn that echo into a much faster executing code. tput queries files, opens files, etc.. but echo is very strait and narrow.

So now you can do this:

echo -e "\33[5mThis will blink\33(B\33[m This wont"

More at http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html

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