Terminal Messaging - POP-Ups?

tracer · 04-28-2006, 11:21 AM

I know that I can send terminal "Alerts" to other TTY's with a simple

echo "Test Message" | write user /dev/pts/10

But are there any command line utilities to make this appear as a ANSI/SCO style pop-up box on the recipients terminal? Our users are using a terminal based software system (with ANSI graphics) and the messages simply do not stand out

Any suggestions?

burninGpi · 04-29-2006, 07:03 PM

With printf, you can colour the message:

Code:

printf "\x1b[33mTest Message\x1b[0m\n"

will write
Test Message

you can also make the message blink, bold, italic, and bg/fg colours.
here are the codes I know (replace 33 in the example with the code):

1 bold
4 underline
5 blink
7 bg/fg inverted
30-37 colours
40-47 bg colours

they can also be combined in th form x;y or x;y;z