Example:
\necho -e \"\\e[1;34mThis is a blue text.\\e[0m\"<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nBash uses numeric codes to set attributes of the text to be displayed.<\/p>\n
Attribute codes:
\n00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed<\/p>\n
Text colour codes:
\n30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white<\/p>\n
Background colour codes:
\n40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white<\/p>\n
In the example above, I used the ANSI escape sequence \\e[attribute code;text colour codem to display a blue text. Therefore, we have to use -e option in calling echo to escape the input. Note that the colour effect had to be ended by \\e[0m to prevent the display of the prompt with different colours. However, the effects are sometimes interesting. I encourage you to play around with it.<\/p>\n
To have a background, we must use the background colour codes. The sequence then becomes \\e[attribute code;text colour code;background colour codem. As you can guess, any missing code is simply taken as zero value by bash. Provided you shell supports 8-bit colours (the new Cygwin version 1.43 and a00.seng.engr do), you can display a coloured welcome message when you log into bash should you wish to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Example: echo -e \"\\e[1;34mThis is a blue text.\\e[0m\" Explanation: Bash uses numeric codes to set attributes of the text to be displayed. Attribute codes: 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed Text colour codes: 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white Background colour codes: 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white In the example … Continue reading Bash Colours<\/span>