SETTERM(1) SETTERM(1) (NAME) setterm - (SYNOPSIS) setterm [options] (DESCRIPTION) setterm . terminfo . ( " " ) terminfo(5) . "con" "linux" Minix . . (OPTIONS) (on off) on . 8-color black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white . 16-color 8-color grey bright red green yellow blue magenta cyan white . ( --underline --half-bright) . ('=') --option=argument. setterm . --appcursorkeys on|off Cursor Key Application . ESC [ A ESC [ B ESC O A ESC O B . vi vi and Cursor-Keys Text-Terminal-HOWTO . . --append console_number --dump . --dump . --background 8-color|default . --blank[=0-60|force|poke] ( ) / (blank) ( APM ). ( ). . force . poke . --bfreq[=number] (bell) . 0 . . --blength[=0-2000] . 0 . . --blink on|off (blink) . --blink off ( ) . --bold on|off (bold) . --bold off ( ) . --clear[=all|rest] all (home) clear(1). rest . --clrtabs[=tab1 tab2 tab3 ...] (tab stops) 1-160 . . . --cursor on|off . --default . --dump[=console_number] (snapshot) --file screen.dump . . --append . --file filename --dump --append . screen.dump . PATH_MAX linux/limits.h . --foreground 8-color|default . --half-bright on|off () . --half-bright off ( ) . --hbcolor 16-color . --initialize . --inversescreen on|off () . --linewrap on|off . --msg on|off printk() . . --msglevel 0-8 printk() . 0 --msg on 8 . klogd(8) . . --powerdown[=0-60] VESA . 0 ( ). vsync . --powersave mode mode : vsync|on VESA vsync . hsync VESA hsync . powerdown VESA . off . --regtabs[=1-160] . 8 . . --repeat on|off . . --reset . --resize . . ioctl(2) . --reverse on|off (reverse video) . --reverse off ( ) . --store ( ) . . --tabs[=tab1 tab2 tab3 ...] 1-160 . . --term terminal_name TERM . --ulcolor 16-color (underline) . . --underline on|off . -h, --help . -V, --version . (WARNING) setterm stdout stdin . stdin stdout . (COMPATIBILITY) 2.25 setterm -help --help . . . (BUGS) Minix Linux . (SEE ALSO) stty(1), tput(1), tty(4), terminfo(5) (REPORTING BUGS) . (AVAILABILITY) setterm util-linux . . util-linux 2.41.5 2026-06-16 SETTERM(1)