while loop or for loop?

mijohnst · 11-19-2005, 06:57 PM

Just for the sake of making my script output more pretty, is there a way to make "echo" commands print out in color?

Also, if I have a process running that takes a long time how would I add something such as moving "..." or "****" that shows the script is still running.

This isn't important. My script is doing what I want it to do. I'm just thinkig of the 'smile' factor. Thanks again!

shanenin · 11-19-2005, 08:40 PM

not very technical, but this is what I do

Code:

echo "moving $FILE to $DESTINATION"
mv $FILE $DESTINATION

you may want to look at this link
http://www.edoceo.com/liber/linux-bash-shell.php

edit added later//

I found this example

Code:

echo -e '\E[47;34m'"\033[1mthis is cool\033[0m"

bigearsbilly · 11-21-2005, 05:01 AM

you don't need an ls

Code:

for file in *.tgz ; do
   etc ...
done

mijohnst · 11-21-2005, 04:48 PM

Ah... Good point bigearsbilly...