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Simply remove \e[48;5;X, because it is an unknown escape sequence, and it breaks your terminal Enhancements: Remove extra escape sequences that are not needed There is no need to reset the f...
#2: Post edited
by
Alexei
·
2026-04-27T12:45:30Z (5 months ago)
minor typo fix
Simply remove `\e[48;5;X`, because it is an unknown escape sequence, and it brakes your terminal- ---
- > **Enhancements**:
- >
- > Remove extra escape sequences that are not needed
- >
- > There is no need to reset the formatting and then
- > reset some part of the formatting,
- > and you can reset and set the colors
- > as a whole in one complete sequence
- >
- > In your sample you can do just:
- >
- > ```sh
- > middeco=$'\n\e[38;5;231;48;5;214m'
- > stopdeco=$'\e[0m'
- > ```
- >
- > In your complete script you can do:
- >
- > ```sh
- > startdeco=$'\n\e[38;5;202m\e[38;5;231;48;5;202m'
- > middeco=$'\e[38;5;202;48;5;208m\e[38;5;208;48;5;214m\e[38;5;231m'
- > stopdeco=$'\e[0;38;5;214m\e[0m'
- > ```
- Simply remove `\e[48;5;X`, because it is an unknown escape sequence, and it breaks your terminal
- ---
- > **Enhancements**:
- >
- > Remove extra escape sequences that are not needed
- >
- > There is no need to reset the formatting and then
- > reset some part of the formatting,
- > and you can reset and set the colors
- > as a whole in one complete sequence
- >
- > In your sample you can do just:
- >
- > ```sh
- > middeco=$'\n\e[38;5;231;48;5;214m'
- > stopdeco=$'\e[0m'
- > ```
- >
- > In your complete script you can do:
- >
- > ```sh
- > startdeco=$'\n\e[38;5;202m\e[38;5;231;48;5;202m'
- > middeco=$'\e[38;5;202;48;5;208m\e[38;5;208;48;5;214m\e[38;5;231m'
- > stopdeco=$'\e[0;38;5;214m\e[0m'
- > ```
#1: Initial revision
by
LolPopGames
·
2026-04-27T07:53:35Z (5 months ago)
Simply remove `\e[48;5;X`, because it is an unknown escape sequence, and it brakes your terminal --- > **Enhancements**: > > Remove extra escape sequences that are not needed > > There is no need to reset the formatting and then > reset some part of the formatting, > and you can reset and set the colors > as a whole in one complete sequence > > In your sample you can do just: > > ```sh > middeco=$'\n\e[38;5;231;48;5;214m' > stopdeco=$'\e[0m' > ``` > > In your complete script you can do: > > ```sh > startdeco=$'\n\e[38;5;202m\e[38;5;231;48;5;202m' > middeco=$'\e[38;5;202;48;5;208m\e[38;5;208;48;5;214m\e[38;5;231m' > stopdeco=$'\e[0;38;5;214m\e[0m' > ```