Unix Programming - Re: Get current screen location (was: Re: Terminal output with escape sequences: Any [

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Re: Get current screen location (was: Re: Terminal output with escape sequences: Any [

Stephane CHAZELAS

2007-10-24, 7:31 am

2007-10-24, 07:17(+02), Markus Mayer:
> By the way: Is there any function that allows me to retrieve the curremt
> cursor coordinates?
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On many terminals, you can send:

printf '\033[6n'

or

tput u7

Then, the terminal will reply back with:

^[[y;xR

That you can read like that:

old_settings=$(stty -g)
stty -icanon min 1 time 2 -echo
printf '\033[6n'
IFS='[;R'
set -f
set -- $(dd count=1 2> /dev/null)
stty "$old_settings"

echo "x: $3, y: $2"

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Stéphane