Starting sshd: [ OK ]

pk21 · 03-05-2003, 01:12 PM

Hi all!

I almost finished writing a script. But i was wondering how i can print an "OK" just like starting a service, for example sshd:

Starting sshd: [ OK ]

I want to print the OK in green. It would just look better

Anyone knows how to do this?

pk21 · 03-05-2003, 02:00 PM

Guess i should have posted this in the programming section

rockdw · 03-05-2003, 02:01 PM

Look in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions for examples of exactly how this is accomplished. Specifically, search for the functions "action, echo_success" and note the following variable info:

SETCOLOR_SUCCESS="echo -en \\033[1;32m"
SETCOLOR_FAILURE="echo -en \\033[1;31m"
SETCOLOR_WARNING="echo -en \\033[1;33m"
SETCOLOR_NORMAL="echo -en \\033[0;39m"

These are examples of the escape codes for prining in different colors.

look at the man page for echo for details

pk21 · 03-05-2003, 03:25 PM

Thanks!

(I already looked in those scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ but i hadn't seen this

)

rockdw · 03-05-2003, 04:27 PM

Here is another great link:
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~ppadala/phd/color.pdf