Um, as has been stated multiple time, this is why tputs(1) exists. Problem. Solved.
On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 01:26:30PM -0500, Nemo Nusquam wrote: > On 11/26/20 11:26, Ed Carp wrote: > > You could write something in C using curses/ncurses (which will > > do the ANSI sequences for you automatically). > > True but I wonder whether curses would be bit heavy handed for this. > > N. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm