ANSI COMMANDS

Letters are case sensitive. All ANSI commands start with ESC (27) followed by ] (91).
In commands with a variable number of codes, separate each code with a semicolon, ;.
To insert an ESC character with a text editor may require a special command, (e.g. ctrl-P in EDIT).
Use ECHO command to issue ANSI commands in a batch file.

External Link: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

**Cursor Position Commands**
Command	Meaning
<ESC>[row;colH	Move cursor to specified row col or to home 0;0 if none specified.
<ESC>[row;colF	Move cursor to specified row col or to home 0;0 if none specified.
<ESC>[numA	Move cursor up num rows or to to first row.
<ESC>[numB	Move cursor down num rows or to to last row.
<ESC>[numC	Move cursor right num cols or to to last col.
<ESC>[numD	Move cursor left num cols or to to first col.
<ESC>[s	Save current cursor position.
<ESC>[u	Return cursor saved position.

**Display Mode Commands**
Command	Display Mode
<ESC>[0h	40x25 characters, monochrome.
<ESC>[1h	40x25 characters, color.
<ESC>[2h	80x25 characters, monochrome.
<ESC>[3h	80x25 characters, color.

<ESC>[4h	320x200 pixels, 4 color.
<ESC>[5h	320x200 pixels, monochrome.
<ESC>[6h	640x200 pixels, monochrome.
<ESC>[13h	320x200 pixels, color.
<ESC>[14h	640x200 pixels, 16 color.
<ESC>[15h	640x350 pixels, 2 color.
<ESC>[16h	640x350 pixels, 16 color.
<ESC>[17h	640x480 pixels, 2 color.
<ESC>[18h	640x480 pixels, 16 color.
<ESC>[19h	320x200 pixels, 256 color.

Can also use l (lower case L) instead of h
difference is line wrap is turned off.

**Miscellaneous Display Commands**
Command	Meaning
<ESC>[2J	Clear screen
<ESC>[K	Clear from cursor to end of line
<ESC>[=7h	Enable line wrapping
<ESC>[=7l	Disable line wrapping

Text Attributes and Colors

<ESC>[code;...;codem

Code	Attribute
0	All attributes off
1	Bright or bold characters
4	Underlined characters (monochrome only)
5	Blinking characters
7	Reverse video characters
8	Hidden characters

Code	Foreground Color
30	black
31	red
32	green
33	yellow
34	blue
35	magenta
36	cyan
37	white

Code	Background Color
40	black
41	red
42	green
43	yellow
44	blue
45	magenta
46	cyan
47	white

Keyboard Layout Customizations
(Some software ignores these customizations)

**<ESC>[*keycode*;*keytext*;...p**
keycode	From keycode tables below (some keyboards differ). Keycodes in smaller font not available on all keyboards.
keytext	Either ASCII code, or text enclosed in double quotes.

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
F1	0;59	0;84	0;94	0;104
F2	0;60	0;85	0;95	0;105
F3	0;61	0;86	0;96	0;106
F4	0;62	0;87	0;97	0;107
F5	0;63	0;88	0;98	0;108
F6	0;64	0;89	0;99	0;109
F7	0;65	0;90	0;100	0;110
F8	0;66	0;91	0;101	0;111
F9	0;67	0;92	0;102	0;112
F10	0;68	0;93	0;103	0;113
F11	0;133	0;135	0;137	0;139
F12	0;134	0;136	0;138	0;140

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
Spacebar	32	32
' "	39	34		0;40
, <	44	60		0;51
- _	45	95	31	0;130
. >	46	62		0;52
/ ?	47	63		0;53
; :	59	58		0;39
= +	61	43		0;131
[ {	91	123	27	0;26
\ \|	92	124	28	0;43
] }	93	125	29	0;27
` ~	96	126		0;41

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
A	97	65	1	0;30
B	98	66	2	0;48
C	99	67	3	0;46
D	100	68	4	0;32
E	101	69	5	0;18
F	102	70	6	0;33
G	103	71	7	0;34
H	104	72	8	0;35
I	105	73	9	0;23
J	106	74	10	0;36
K	107	75	11	0;37
L	108	76	12	0;38
M	109	77	13	0;50

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
N	110	78	14	0;49
O	111	79	15	0;24
P	112	80	16	0;25
Q	113	81	17	0;16
R	114	82	18	0;19
S	115	83	19	0;31
T	116	84	20	0;20
U	117	85	21	0;22
V	118	86	22	0;47
W	119	87	23	0;17
X	120	88	24	0;45
Y	121	88	25	0;21
Z	122	89	26	0;44

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
0 )	48	41		0;129
1 !	49	33		0;120
2 @	50	54	0	0;121
3 #	51	35		0;122
4 $	52	36		0;123
5 %	53	37		0;124
6 ^	54	94	30	0;125
7 &	55	38		0;126
8 *	56	42		0;127
9 (	57	40		0;128

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
Enter (keypad)	13		10	0;166
/ (keypad)	47	47	0;142	0;74
* (keypad)	42	0;144	0;78
- (keypad)	45	45	0;149	0;164
+ (keypad)	43	43	0;150	0;55
5 (keypad)	0;76	53	0;143

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
Home 7	0;71	55	0;119
UpArw 4	0;75	52	0;115
RtArw 6	0;77	54	0;116
End 1	0;79	49	0;117
DnArw 2	0;80	50	0;145
PgDn 3	0;81	51	0;118
Ins 0	0;82	48	0;146
7 &	55	38		0;126
Del .	0;83	46	0;147
PrtScr (gray)			0;114
Scroll Lock (gray)	?	?	?	?
Pause/Break (gray)			0;0
Pause/Break			0;0

Key	Alone	Shift+Key	Ctrl+Key	Alt+Key
Backspace (gray)	8	8	127	0
Enter (gray)	13		10	0;28
Tab (gray)	9	0;15	0;148	0;165
Home (gray)	224;71	224;71	224;119	224;151
UpArw (gray)	224;72	224;72	224;141	224;152
PgUp (gray)	224;73	224;73	224;132	224;153
LtArw (gray)	224;75	224;75	224;115	224;155
RtArw (gray)	224;77	224;77	224;116	224;157
End (gray)	224;79	224;79	224;117	224;159
DnArw (gray)	224;80	224;80	224;145	224;154
PgDn (gray)	224;81	224;81	224;118	224;161
Ins (gray)	224;82	224;82	224;146	224;162
Del (gray)	224;83	224;83	224;147	224;163