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= terminal-colors.d(5)
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:configfile: terminal-colors.d

== NAME

terminal-colors.d - configure output colorization for various utilities

== SYNOPSIS

/etc/terminal-colors.d/_[[name][@term].][type]_

== DESCRIPTION

Files in this directory determine the default behavior for utilities when coloring output.

The _name_ is a utility name. The name is optional and when none is specified then the file is used for all unspecified utilities.

The _term_ is a terminal identifier (the *TERM* environment variable). The terminal identifier is optional and when none is specified then the file is used for all unspecified terminals.

The _type_ is a file type. Supported file types are:

*disable*::
Turns off output colorization for all compatible utilities.

*enable*::
Turns on output colorization; any matching *disable* files are ignored.

*scheme*::
Specifies colors used for output. The file format may be specific to the utility, the default format is described below.

If there are more files that match for a utility, then the file with the more specific filename wins. For example, the filename "@xterm.scheme" has less priority than "dmesg@xterm.scheme". The lowest priority are those files without a utility name and terminal identifier (e.g., "disable").

The user-specific _$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminal-colors.d_ or _$HOME/.config/terminal-colors.d_ overrides the global setting.

== DEFAULT SCHEME FILES FORMAT

The following statement is recognized:

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*name color-sequence*
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The *name* is a logical name of color sequence (for example "error"). The names are specific to the utilities. For more details always see the *COLORS* section in the man page for the utility.

The *color-sequence* is a color name, ASCII color sequences or escape sequences.

=== Color names

black, blink, blue, bold, brown, cyan, darkgray, gray, green, halfbright, lightblue, lightcyan, lightgray, lightgreen, lightmagenta, lightred, magenta, red, reset, reverse, and yellow.

=== ANSI color sequences

The color sequences are composed of sequences of numbers separated by semicolons. The most common codes are:

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|0 |to restore default color
|1 |for brighter colors
|4 |for underlined text
|5 |for flashing text
|30 |for black foreground
|31 |for red foreground
|32 |for green foreground
|33 |for yellow (or brown) foreground
|34 |for blue foreground
|35 |for purple foreground
|36 |for cyan foreground
|37 |for white (or gray) foreground
|40 |for black background
|41 |for red background
|42 |for green background
|43 |for yellow (or brown) background
|44 |for blue background
|45 |for purple background
|46 |for cyan background
|47 |for white (or gray) background
|===
____

=== Escape sequences

To specify control or blank characters in the color sequences, C-style \-escaped notation can be used:

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[cols=",",]
|===
|*\a* |Bell (ASCII 7)
|*\b* |Backspace (ASCII 8)
|*\e* |Escape (ASCII 27)
|*\f* |Form feed (ASCII 12)
|*\n* |Newline (ASCII 10)
|*\r* |Carriage Return (ASCII 13)
|*\t* |Tab (ASCII 9)
|*\v* |Vertical Tab (ASCII 11)
|*\?* |Delete (ASCII 127)
|*\_* |Space
|*\\* |Backslash (\)
|*\^* |Caret (^)
|*\#* |Hash mark (#)
|===
____

Please note that escapes are necessary to enter a space, backslash, caret, or any control character anywhere in the string, as well as a hash mark as the first character.

For example, to use a red background for alert messages in the output of *dmesg*(1), use:

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*echo 'alert 37;41' >> /etc/terminal-colors.d/dmesg.scheme*
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=== Comments

Lines where the first non-blank character is a # (hash) are ignored. Any other use of the hash character is not interpreted as introducing a comment.

== ENVIRONMENT

*TERMINAL_COLORS_DEBUG*=all::
enables debug output.

== FILES

_$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminal-colors.d_

_$HOME/.config/terminal-colors.d_

_/etc/terminal-colors.d_

== EXAMPLE

Disable colors for all compatible utilities:

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*touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/disable*
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Disable colors for all compatible utils on a vt100 terminal:

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*touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/@vt100.disable*
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Disable colors for all compatible utils except *dmesg*(1):

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*touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/disable*

*touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/dmesg.enable*
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== COMPATIBILITY

The *terminal-colors.d* functionality is currently supported by all util-linux utilities which provides colorized output. For more details always see the *COLORS* section in the man page for the utility.

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