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tput — View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information: <https://manned.org/tput>.

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How to use the tput command: View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information: <https://manned.org/tput>.

tput — View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information: <https://manned.org/tput>.

Move the cursor to a screen location:

tput cup {{row}} {{column}}

Set foreground (af) or background (ab) color:

tput {{setaf|setab}} {{ansi_color_code}}

Reverse text and background colors:

tput rev

Reset all terminal text attributes:

tput sgr0

Show number of columns, lines, or colors:

tput {{cols|lines|colors}}

Enable or disable word wrap:

tput {{smam|rmam}}

Hide or show the terminal cursor:

tput {{civis|cnorm}}

Save or restore terminal text status (smcup also captures scroll wheel events):

tput {{smcup|rmcup}}

Move the cursor to a screen location

tput cup {{row}} {{column}}

Set foreground (af) or background (ab) color

tput {{setaf|setab}} {{ansi_color_code}}

Reverse text and background colors

tput rev

Reset all terminal text attributes

tput sgr0

Show number of columns, lines, or colors

tput {{cols|lines|colors}}

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