setvtrgb (8) Linux Manual Page

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.