bold Font in Bash Or C

AMMullan · 09-23-2003, 10:46 PM

Is there any way to get bold font in bash scripts (or c) cois it'd be really handy

Ta,
Allan

SaTaN · 09-24-2003, 12:45 AM

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh
echo "This is normal";
tput bold;
echo "This is bold ";

check out man tput for more optons...

AMMullan · 09-24-2003, 02:02 AM

Hmmmm... what can I say but.... DUDE YOU ROCK

Thanks so much for that, been trying to figure it out for AGES lol

Thanks again
Allan

AMMullan · 09-24-2003, 02:40 AM

K I tried that but how do you unbold it afterwards, tried reset but it clears the screen

SaTaN · 09-24-2003, 03:15 AM

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh
 echo "This is normal"; 
tput bold;
echo "This is bold ";
tput sgr0 ;
 echo "this is not bold"

Check out "man terminfo" for more details...

Saraev · 09-24-2003, 04:26 PM

Goes into color too.