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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Using color in scripts Post 303033773 by wisecracker on Thursday 11th of April 2019 01:34:29 PM

04-11-2019

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Some of these terminal escape codes even 'tput' can't do.
All work on CygWin's 'mintty' terminal too.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# For those that do not have tput.
# Some of these cannot even be done using tput!
# All work on the majority of terminals but some terminals can't do them all.

# Resize the terminal on the fly, even works on CygWin's mintty, this resizes to 30 rows by 86 columns.
echo "Resize terminal to 30 x 86."
printf "%b" "\033[8;30;86t"
sleep 2
# And resize to a standard size of 24 rows by 80 columns.
echo "Resize terminal to 24 x 80."
printf "%b" "\033[8;24;80t"

# Reset terminal for machines that do not have it.
echo "Reset the terminal."
sleep 2
printf "%b" "\033c\033[0m\033[2J\033[H"

# Clear the screen.
echo "Clear the screen."
sleep 1
printf "%b" "\033[2J\033[H"
echo "Alternate clear screen."
sleep 1
# OR...
printf "%b" "\033[2J\033[1;1f"

# Clear the terminal current buffer only.
printf "%b" "\033[3J"

# Write into the terminal title bar.
printf "%b" "\033]0;Barry Walker.\007"
sleep 2
# And clear it again.
printf "%b" "\033]0;\007"

Enjoy lads and lassies...

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NAME

       installsieve - user utility for managing sieve scripts

SYNOPSIS

       installsieve

DESCRIPTION

       installsieve is a utility that allows users to manage their sieve scripts kept on the server.

OPTIONS

       -v <name> View script with the given name. The script if retrieved sucessfully is output to standard output.

       -l  List  all  of  the scripts currently on the server. If one of the scripts is active a arrow is printed indicating that it is the active
       script.

       -p <port> Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to "sieve" as defined in /etc/services.

       -i <file> Install a file onto the server. If a script with the same name already exists on the server it is overwritten.  Upon  sucessfully
       putting	the  script on the server the script is set active. If <file> has the extension .script it is chopped when put on the server since
       sieve names may not contain a '.'.

       -a <name> Set <name> as the active script. The list of available names can be obtained from the '-l' option..

       -d <name> Delete the sieve script on the server with <name>.

       -m <mechanism> Force installsieve to use <mechanism> for authentication. If not specified the strongest authentication mechanism is chosen.

       -g <name> Get the sieve script with <name> and save it to disk with a ".script" extension. If a file with that name already  exists  it	is
       overwritten.

       -u <user> Userid/Authname to use for authentication; by default, the current user.

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