Šimon Tóth

ANSI control sequences are defined in standard ANSI X3.64-1979. Escape sequences are sequences of characters beginning with the escape character. These sequences can be used to change terminal configuration, like text and background colors or the cursor position. They should work in all terminals commonly used under Linux and MacOS operating systems. They are supported in DOS as well, after loading the ANSI.SYS file. New versions of Windows operating systems don't support this standard.