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gdan2000

03-14-2009 03:37 AM

I want my script output in bold and color fonts

Hi,

Is there way to "echo" script output in bold or color fonts ?

H_TeXMeX_H

03-14-2009 05:36 AM

See here:
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/colorizing.html

You could do something like:

Code:

end='\E[m'

bold='\E[1m'

red_fg='\E[31m'

green_bg='\E[42m'



# bold

echo -e "[${bold}${red}Downloading${end}]"



# bold red foreground

echo -e "[${bold}${red_fg}Downloading${end}]"



# bold red foreground green background

echo -e "[${bold}${red_fg}${green_bg}Downloading${end}]"

Or try the script in the link I posted.

gdan2000

03-15-2009 05:31 AM

thanks a lot

this is exactly what I was looking for

is there trick to print blinking line, e.g. to print error message?

H_TeXMeX_H

03-15-2009 06:34 AM

Well, actually, it is possible ... see this utility script:
http://scriptechocolor.sourceforge.net/

Normally you could do:

Code:

bash-3.1$ blink='\E[5m'

bash-3.1$ end="\\033[m"

bash-3.1$ red_fg="\\033[31m"

bash-3.1$ echo -e "[${blink}${red_fg}Downloading${end}]"

With the utility you can just type:

Code:

echoc "@{nr}test"

Note: this works only in terminals that support it ... like xterm.

gdan2000

03-15-2009 08:48 AM

Thanks a lot again

H_TeXMeX_H

03-15-2009 09:09 AM

No problem, I was kinda looking for a text color utility too, this one seems to be good.

davender84

03-16-2009 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gdan2000 (Post 3475093)

Hi,

Is there way to "echo" script output in bold or color fonts ?

you can use tput command in ur script to to this

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