ICH — Insert Characters

Sequence	CSI <n> @
Bytes	0x1B 0x5B <n> 0x40
Mnemonic	ICH
Otty support	✓

Description

Inserts <n> blank cells at the cursor position, shifting existing content to the right. Cells that move past the right margin are lost.

Default <n> = 1. Cursor position itself is unchanged.

Example

printf 'abcdef\e[H'      # write text, move home
printf '\e[3@'           # insert 3 blanks at col 1
# row now reads: "   abcdef" (last "f" was pushed off-screen if width=8)

Related

• DCH — delete characters (inverse).