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| #!/bin/bash | |
| DARKGRAY='\033[1;30m' | |
| RED='\033[0;31m' | |
| LIGHTRED='\033[1;31m' | |
| GREEN='\033[0;32m' | |
| YELLOW='\033[1;33m' | |
| BLUE='\033[0;34m' | |
| PURPLE='\033[0;35m' | |
| LIGHTPURPLE='\033[1;35m' | |
| CYAN='\033[0;36m' | |
| WHITE='\033[1;37m' | |
| SET='\033[0m' | |
| echo "I ${DARKGRAY}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${RED}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${LIGHTRED}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${GREEN}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${YELLOW}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${BLUE}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${PURPLE}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${LIGHTPURPLE}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${CYAN}love${SET} github." | |
| echo "I ${WHITE}love${SET} github." |
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In order for the backslash escapes to work with
echo, you need to add the-eoption afterechoand before the string to be echoed.For example:
From the
echoman page:-e enable interpretation of backslash escapesWithout it, the output is
I \033[0;31mlove\033[0m github.for the same line in a normal bash shell. I'm sure this was figured out a long time ago seeing the age of this Gist but I figured I'd put it here for anyone coming across this in the future.