Some important ANSI escape codes

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Escape code	Use
\x1b[2J	Clears the console
\x1bn;mH or \x1bn;mf	Moves the cursor to row n, column m. The values are 1-based, and default to 1 (top left corner) if omitted
\x1b?25l	Hides the cursor (Note: the last character is lowercase ‘L’)
\x1b?25h	Shows the cursor.
\x1b[;km	Where k is the colour (text colours are from 30 to 37 and background colours are from 40 to 47). For the colour codes, see Table 2.
\x1b[5m	Blinks slowly
\x1b[6m	Blinks rapidly