[SOLVED] printf with RGB colours for foreground and background

Faki · 04-12-2023, 07:29 PM

When setting colour using printf, is it better to use \033 rather than \e.

Have done

Code:

rst="\e[0m"                            # Reset to default colours
orn="\e[38;2;100;65;0m\e[48;2;0;0;0m"  # Orange on black background

The code works for

Code:

echo -e "$orn HELLO $rst"

but not for

Code:

printf '%s\n' "$orn HELLO $rst"

JJJCR · 04-12-2023, 09:08 PM

Try this:

Quote:

printf '%b\n' "$orn HELLO $rst"