How do I set attributes like background or font color for command line terminal

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Issue

  • Is there any way to set the background color and font color of command line terminal?
  • The settings should apply while accessing from tty console on system and also for pty console in gui session or remote ssh session

Environment

  • Red Hat enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat enterprise Linux 6

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