Usage: setterm [options] Set the attributes of a terminal. Options: --term override TERM environment variable --reset reset terminal to power-on state --resize reset terminal rows and columns --initialize display init string, and use default settings --default use default terminal settings --store save current terminal settings as default --cursor on|off display cursor --repeat on|off keyboard repeat --appcursorkeys on|off cursor key application mode --linewrap on|off continue on a new line when a line is full --inversescreen on|off swap colors for the whole screen --msg on|off send kernel messages to console --msglevel <0-8> kernel console log level --foreground default| set foreground color --background default| set background color --ulcolor [bright] set underlined text color --hbcolor [bright] set half-bright text color : black blue cyan green grey magenta red white yellow --bold on|off bold --half-bright on|off dim --blink on|off blink --underline on|off underline --reverse on|off swap foreground and background colors --clear[=] clear screen and set cursor position --tabs[=...] set these tab stop positions, or show them --clrtabs[=...] clear these tab stop positions, or all --regtabs[=1-160] set a regular tab stop interval --blank[=0-60|force|poke] set time of inactivity before screen blanks --dump[=] write vcsa console dump to file --append append vcsa console dump to file --file name of the dump file --powersave on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off set vesa powersaving features --powerdown[=<0-60>] set vesa powerdown interval in minutes --blength[=<0-2000>] duration of the bell in milliseconds --bfreq[=] bell frequency in Hertz --help display this help --version display version For more details see setterm(1).