Thanks for the answer, it was csh that I was using. In bash however, there is the following error message after entering the printf command:
And yes, I am logged on as root.
I'm running Debian and doesn't really like gnome nor KDE and read about this XFce that ought to be a more simple X which is exactly what I'm looking for. So I re-installed the bare minimums of Debian and here I am, with nothing but Links/Lynx vim and apt-get (lovely isn't it?) trying to configure... (1 Reply)
At the moment I am using Ubuntu hardy on my desktop. I am going to be adding other Linux's and maybe FreeBSD. I use gnome for special effects, eye candy, and plain old show off stuff. But I want to have a simple DE in my computer installed. I like the way CDE looks and the reviews about its... (7 Replies)
For a long time, when I type man anything on my Mac, both the manpage header fonts and the background was black, so I had to use my mouse to highlight the manpage output to read it. It was really annoying.
The problem was the same both locally or using the terminal and going ssh somewhere.
... (1 Reply)
Hallo,
Ich habe oft viele Terminals (nicht xterms) geöffnet. In den Terminals source ich dann verschiedene tools. Spätestens ab 4 Terminals verliere ich da schnell den Überblick in welchem Terminal ich welches tool gesetzt habe. DUmmer Weise gibt es im Menu des Terminals nicht die Möglichkeit dem... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I work noramly with 3/4/5 Terminals (not xterms) open. In the different Terminal I set different tools (software).
Unfortunately I loose easily the overview of all these Terminals. Which setup is in which Terminal?
It would be nice to have a possibility to name Termianls. By the way I work... (4 Replies)
If a few of you look on FedoraForums, you'll find that a little while ago, I went on a desktop installing spree. I just have a small question about XFCE desktop. In my user directory, I see .kde, .mate, and .trinity. (all three are directories), but I have XFCE 4.8 installed along with the others.... (0 Replies)
Hi all - just started using Linux Mint 17 and I need to change the Foreground & Background Colours for the Terminal, my eyesight is not what it used to be many years ago, so any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Malcolm (6 Replies)
I have been having an extremely annoying problem. For the record, I am relatively new at this. I've only been working with unix-based OS's for roughly two years, mostly Xubuntu and some Kali. I am pretty familiar with the BASH language, as that's the default shell for debian. Now, I've made this... (16 Replies)
Hello All,
I have a text file containing output from a command that contains lots of escape/control characters that when viewed using vi or view, looks like jibberish. But when viewed using the cat command the output is formatted properly.
Is there any way to take the output from the cat... (7 Replies)
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set_color
set_color(1) fish set_color(1)NAME
set_color - set_color - set the terminal color
set_color - set the terminal color
Synopsis
set_color [-v --version] [-h --help] [-b --background COLOR] [COLOR]
Description
Change the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple,
cyan, white and normal.
o -b, --background Set the background color
o -c, --print-colors Prints a list of all valid color names
o -h, --help Display help message and exit
o -o, --bold Set bold or extra bright mode
o -u, --underline Set underlined mode
o -v, --version Display version and exit
Calling set_color normal will set the terminal color to whatever is the default color of the terminal.
Some terminals use the --bold escape sequence to switch to a brighter color set. On such terminals, set_color white will result in a grey
font color, while set_color --bold white will result in a white font color.
Not all terminal emulators support all these features. This is not a bug in set_color but a missing feature in the terminal emulator.
set_color uses the terminfo database to look up how to change terminal colors on whatever terminal is in use. Some systems have old and
incomplete terminfo databases, and may lack color information for terminals that support it. Download and install the latest version of
ncurses and recompile fish against it in order to fix this issue.
Version 1.23.1 Sun Jan 8 2012 set_color(1)