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There are many similar-sounding questions, so let me emphasize: I only want to change the color of my cursor; I do not want to change the color of my text. If it helps, however, my normal text color is white.

I realize xterm allows this, but I prefer to stick with gnome-terminal. There does not seem to be a preference in the menus.

System particulars: Ubuntu 12.04 alpha 2, Gnome Terminal 3.2.1, XFCE desktop

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  • I just switched to XFCE Terminal instead, which allows this and seems to be a superior terminal in any case. Mar 9, 2012 at 4:25

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There's an escape sequence for that:

echo -ne '\e]12;#ffcc00\a'

or you can also use symbolic color names:

echo -ne '\e]12;pink\a'
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  • "pink" doesn't work for me (gnome-terminal with TERM=xterm-256color) but the "#ffcc00" version does. Jan 22, 2016 at 20:29
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Unfortunately no.

Manual exist though. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man1/setterm.1.html

gconf-editor /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/default_settings may have to set a new key as a string and color configuration.

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Unfortunately to the best of my knowledge there is not an option as of yet to do this.

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    Looks like an answer to me... The answer is "no".
    – mgalgs
    Jul 17, 2014 at 0:22

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