[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Anyway, you didn't answer to my question ! What Craig said about curses was absolutely right, but if you really want to hardwire the codes, look at console_codes(4) linux console /usr/share/doc/xterm/ctlseqs.ms.gz xterm
If you want to use some control codes in shell scripts, don't hardcode
them, look at tput(1) and terminfo(5) instead, e.g.
echo "This is $(tput smso)standout$(tput rmso), and this is not"
HTH
Matthias
