Manpages - setvtrgb.8
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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/defaultred,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.