Linux setterm Command

What is Linux setterm Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use setterm command in Linux. setterm command is setterm - set terminal attributes.

setterm Syntax#

setterm [options]

setterm Examples#

setterm Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of setterm command. setterm command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for setterm command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man setterm

To open info page for setterm command we can use command below.

info setterm

To open help page from setterm command we can run command below.

setterm --help

Linux setterm Command Source Code#

You can find setterm command source code from the folowing repositories:

• setterm source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use setterm in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.