Чтобы узнать ESC-последовательности, поддерживаемые терминалом, можно воспользоваться командой infocmp:

(Возможно, что лучше пользоваться infocap -I)

$ infocmp

# Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /lib/terminfo/x/xterm

xterm|X11 terminal emulator,

am, bce, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,

colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#64,

acsc=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,

bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,

clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,

csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,

cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,

cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,

cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,

dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,

flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,

ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L,

ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS, invis=\E[8m,

is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~, kEND=\E[1;2F,

kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D, kNXT=\E[6;2~,

kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE, kbs=\177, kcbt=\E[Z,

kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA,

kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP, kf10=\E[21~,

kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P, kf14=\E[1;2Q,

kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~, kf18=\E[17;2~,

kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~, kf21=\E[20;2~,

kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~, kf24=\E[24;2~,

kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R, kf28=\E[1;5S,

kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~, kf31=\E[18;5~,

kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~, kf34=\E[21;5~,

kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~, kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q,

kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS, kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~,

kf42=\E[17;6~, kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~,

kf45=\E[20;6~, kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~,

kf48=\E[24;6~, kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q,

kf51=\E[1;3R, kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,

kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,

kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,

kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,

kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,

kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,

kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, meml=\El,

memu=\Em, op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM,

rin=\E[%p1%dT, rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l,

rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m,

rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,

setab=\E[4%p1%dm, setaf=\E[3%p1%dm,

setb=\E[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,

setf=\E[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,

sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,

sgr0=\E(B\E[m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h, smcup=\E[?1049h,

smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m,

tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,

vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,