Colored Output
Start=`\033[`
Color=`0;32m`
Close=`0m`
\033[0;32 marks the beginning of color and \0333[0m marks the end.
What you do is:
echo -e "\033[0;32m This text is green \033[0m"
echo -e "${StartColor} This text is green ${StartClose}"
NOTE: When referencing variables inside an echo, the -e flag is important. So are the double quotation marks "
In Bash, the <Esc> character can be obtained with the following syntaxes:
\e\033\x1B
http://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting has very detailed examples with pictures.
| Color | Code | Color | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 0;30 | Dark Gray | 1;30 |
| Red | 0;31 | Light Red | 1;31 |
| Green | 0;32 | Light Green | 1;32 |
| Brown/Orange | 0;33 | Yellow | 1;33 |
| Blue | 0;34 | Light Blue | 1;34 |
| Purple | 0;35 | Light Purple | 1;35 |
| Cyan | 0;36 | Light Cyan | 1;36 |
| Light Gray | 0;37 | White | 1;37cl |