Make terminal cursor stop blinking

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Make terminal cursor stop blinking

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Last edited Dec 21, 2017

Created on Dec 21, 2017

This example shows a single command that disables the blinking cursor in the GNOME Terminal. It retrieves the default profile identifier via `gsettings get`, strips the surrounding quotes with `tr`, and then uses that identifier in a `gsettings set` call to set the `cursor-blink-mode` option to `off`. The code relies on the GSettings command-line interface for GNOME’s profile settings, operating directly on the terminal’s configuration database without any graphical or data-visualization libraries.

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