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Method used for display options on video text terminals
ANSI escape sequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and terminal emulators. Certain sequences of bytes, most starting with an ASCII escape character and a bracket character, are embedded into text. The terminal interprets these sequences as commands, rather than text to display verbatim. ANSI codes can change the color of text and move the cursor so text can be drawn anywhere on the screen. Wikipedia →
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