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OSXFAQ Mac OS X UNIX Tip-of-the-Day
Week 99 - Terminal Tricks (21 February 2005)
by
Adrian Mayo - Editor, OSXFAQ
Wednesday - Focus and Dock with Escape Sequences
Move a window to the background or the foreground from the command line, or within a script, using the following escape sequences. (See Monday's tip too.)
echo -n "^[[6t;"; sleep 5; echo -n "^[[5t;"
The above command hides the terminal window, waits 5 seconds, then brings it back into focus. The 'sleep 5' part could be a script that takes a while to run. When the script completes the terminal window will re-appear to let you know.
(Note: the sequence displayed as ^[ represents the escape character, obtained by typing control-v then the 'esc' key.)
Move a window into the Dock.
$ echo -n "^[[2t;"; sleep 5; echo -n "^[[5t;"
The above command docks the window, then after 5 seconds brings it back into focus.
These sequences can be places in bash/tcsh aliases - see Tuesday's tip.
If you want to learn more about Mac OS X Unix visit the Learning Center
click.
- For beginners: Mac OS X Unix Tutorials
- For detailed information on specific topics: Advanced Unix
- For OS X in gereral: Mac OS X Tutorials
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