Choose your text color, background color, and font style (bold, underline, etc.). Click OK to save the keyword to your set. 3. Applying to a Session
Supports both exact keyword matching and complex pattern matching via regular expressions.
Select your new set and click to open the Keyword dialog. xshell highlight sets
Xshell highlight sets are a powerful terminal automation feature that allows users to define custom visual cues for specific text strings or patterns within their terminal output. By creating these sets, you can automatically emphasize critical information—such as "ERROR" messages, specific IP addresses, or status codes—using distinct colors and font styles.
You can define unique highlights for different sessions (e.g., one set for Cisco routers and another for Linux servers). Choose your text color, background color, and font
Unlike a standard , which changes the background and default text colors for the entire terminal, a Highlight Set works like a real-time search and mark tool. It continuously tracks strings in the terminal window and applies pre-defined styling as soon as they appear.
Select the desired set and click to apply it to your active window immediately. Applying to a Session Supports both exact keyword
To make it permanent for a specific session, go to the > Appearance category and select the highlight set from the dropdown menu. Advanced Use Cases: Regex and Productivity