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diff --git a/bin/cursor b/bin/cursor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6fdbc12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cursor
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set cursor in xterm and compatibles.
+
+cursor() {
+	case $1 in 
+		(r|red)     cc='#f00' ;;
+		(n|green)   cc='#5f5' ;;
+		(b|blue)    cc='#55f' ;;
+		(c|cyan)    cc='#0ff' ;;
+		(y|yellow)  cc='#ff0' ;;
+		(m|magenta) cc='#f0f' ;;
+		(o|orange)  cc='#f80' ;;
+		(k|black)   cc='#111' ;;
+		(g|gr[ae]y) cc='#888' ;;
+		(w|white)   cc='#eee' ;;
+		(*)         cc=$1 ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+cursor "${1:-red}"
+printf '\e]12;'$cc'\e\' # set cursor color
diff --git a/bin/cursor-linux b/bin/cursor-linux
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c283ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cursor-linux
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Set linux console cursor to a non-blinking color.
+
+case $1 in
+	(1|r|red)	  printf '\033[?17;0;64c' ;;
+	(2|b|blue)    printf '\033[?17;0;16c' ;;
+	(3|g|green)   printf '\033[?17;0;32c' ;;
+	(4|m|magenta) printf '\033[?17;0;80c' ;;
+	(5|o|orange)  printf '\033[?17;0;96c' ;;
+	(6|c|cyan)    printf '\033[?17;0;48c' ;;
+	(*)       echo "usage: $0 blue cyan green magenta orange red" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac