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ptt3

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How/what are the commands for colors in shell scripts? I've seen it done before but I have no idea how to do it myself.

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Here are the color codes:

[COLOR=#000000]Black	   0;30	 Dark Gray	 1;30
Blue		0;34	 Light Blue	1;34
Green	   0;32	 Light Green   1;32
Cyan		0;36	 Light Cyan	1;36
Red		 0;31	 Light Red	 1;31
Purple	  0;35	 Light Purple  1;35
Brown	   0;33	 Yellow		1;33

Use them like this:

red='\e[0;31m'
Here is a script to display color codes:

[COLOR=#000000]#!/bin/bash
#
#   This file echoes a bunch of color codes to the
#   terminal to demonstrate what's available.  Each
#   line is the color code of one forground color,
#   out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a
#   test use of that color on all nine background
#   colors (default + 8 escapes).
#

T='gYw'   # The test text

echo -e "\n				 40m	 41m	 42m	 43m\
	 44m	 45m	 46m	 47m";

for FGs in '	m' '   1m' '  30m' '1;30m' '  31m' '1;31m' '  32m' \
		   '1;32m' '  33m' '1;33m' '  34m' '1;34m' '  35m' '1;35m' \
		   '  36m' '1;36m' '  37m' '1;37m';
  do FG=${FGs// /}
  echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  "
  for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m;
	do echo -en "$EINS \033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m";
  done
  echo;
done
[/COLOR]

Information and script from the official faq: http://www.faqs.org/...ompt-HOWTO.html

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heksogen

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while true;
do
    x="\e[";
    y=1;
    z=3$(shuf -i 0-7 -n 1)m;
    q=$x$y\;$z;echo -e $q "colors :)";
done





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