TERMINAL-COLORS.D(5)               <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

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       terminal-colors.d - <?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?>
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       /etc/terminal-colors.d/[name.|[name]@term.]type

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          disable
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              <?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?> NO_COLOR
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          enable
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              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?> <?><?><?><?><?> disable
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          scheme
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       "disable").

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       $HOME/.config/terminal-colors.d <?><?><?><?><?>
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       COLORS <?><?> <?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?>.

       The color-sequence can be a color name, an ANSI color sequence, or an
       escape sequence.

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

   <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?> ANSI
       An ANSI color sequence is composed of sequences of numbers separated by
       semicolons. The most common codes are:

       +---+--------------------------------+
       |0  | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>       |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?>                |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |1  | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?>             |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?>             |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |4  | <?><?><?><?>                   |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?>             |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |5  | <?><?><?><?>                   |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?>             |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |30 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |31 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |32 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |33 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> (<?><?>  |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?>)            |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |34 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |35 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |36 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>       |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |37 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> (<?><?>  |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>)      |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |40 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |41 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |42 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
       |43 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> (<?><?>  |
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       +---+--------------------------------+
       |44 | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>          |
       +---+--------------------------------+
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       +---+--------------------------------+
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       +---+--------------------------------+
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       |   | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>)      |
       +---+--------------------------------+

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       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?> dmesg(1)<?>
       <?><?><?><?><?><?>:

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

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       An escape sequence is needed to enter a space, backslash, caret, or any
       control character anywhere in a string, as well as a hash mark as the
       first character. These C-style backslash-escapes can be used:

       +----+----------------------------+
       |\a  | <?><?><?> (ASCII 7)        |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\b  | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?> (ASCII 8)  |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\e  | <?><?><?><?> (ASCII 27)    |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\f  | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>      |
       |    | (ASCII 12)                 |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\n  | <?><?><?> <?><?><?><?>     |
       |    | (ASCII 10)                 |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\r  | <?><?><?><?> <?><?><?>     |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?> (ASCII 13) |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\t  | <?><?><?><?><?> (ASCII 9)  |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\v  | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?><?> (ASCII  |
       |    | 11)                        |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\?  | <?><?><?> (ASCII 127)      |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\_  | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\\  | <?><?><?><?>               |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?> (\)        |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\^  | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> (^)  |
       +----+----------------------------+
       |\\# | <?><?><?><?><?>            |
       |    | <?><?><?><?><?><?> (#)     |
       +----+----------------------------+

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       TERMINAL_COLORS_DEBUG=all
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       NO_COLOR
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           <https://no-color.org/> <?><?><?><?><?> <?><?>
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           util-linux <?><?><?> 2.41.

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       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminal-colors.d

       $HOME/.config/terminal-colors.d

       /etc/terminal-colors.d

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       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>:

          touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/disable

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       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?> <?><?><?><?> vt100
       <?><?><?><?><?>:

          touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/@vt100.disable

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       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?> dmesg(1):

          touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/disable
          touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/dmesg.enable

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

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       <?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

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       terminal-colors.d <?><?><?> <?><?> <?><?><?><?> util-linux <?><?><?><?>
       <?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?> <?><?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?>
       <?><?><?><?><?> <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.42.3                 2026-09-02              TERMINAL-COLORS.D(5)