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Name

setvtrgb - set the virtual terminal RGB colors

Synopsis

setvtrgb [\,options\/] vga|FILE|-

Description

The setvtrgb command takes a single argument, either the string vga , or a path to a file containing the red, green, and blue colors to be used by the Linux virtual terminals. If you use the FILE parameter, FILE should be exactly 3 lines of 16 comma-separated decimal values for RED, GREEN, and BLUE. To seed a valid FILE : "cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu} > FILE" And then edit the values in FILE

Options

-C, --console=\,DEV\/ the console device to be used;

-h, --help Prints usage message and exits.

-V, --version Prints version number and exists.

Author

The utility is written by Alexey Gladkov, Seth Forshee, Dustin Kirkland.

Documentation

Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.