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How to change the Terminal cursor from box to line?

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Mar 15, 202650654 views
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The box-like cursor in Linux Mints terminal (and ubuntus) is really confusing me! I am used to a vertical line so it's hard for me to focus on the commands when I am unsure where this box-ish cursor really is all the time. Is there a way to change this? Thanks!

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At the time the question was asked (October 2011), the way to do this with the given terminal was via its preferences dialog. After a few years (November 2014), someone added support for the escape sequence which was used (and extended) in xterm sin…

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