DECSC — Save Cursor

Sequence	ESC 7
Bytes	0x1B 0x37
Mnemonic	DECSC
Otty support	✓

Description

Saves the cursor state for later restoration with DECRC. The saved state includes:

• Cursor row and column
• Active SGR attributes
• Character set designation (G0 / G1 selection)
• Origin mode (DECOM) state
• Auto-wrap (DECAWM) state

There is one save slot per screen — calling DECSC again overwrites the previous save. Save/restore is per-screen, so switching between main / alternate screen does not affect the other's saved state.

Example

printf '\e[5;10H\e7'      # move to (5,10), save
printf '\e[20;1H\e[1mbottom\e[m'  # do something elsewhere
printf '\e8'              # restore to (5,10) with original SGR

Related

• DECRC — restore.
• CSI s / CSI u — ANSI.SYS save/restore (alternative).