Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5947742/how-to-change-the-output-color-of-echo-in-linux
Usage echo "$(tput setaf 1)Red text$(tput setab 7)and white background$(tput sgr 0)"
Foreground & background colour commands tput setab [1-7] # Set the background colour using ANSI escape tput setaf [1-7] # Set the foreground colour using ANSI escape
Num Colour #define R G B
0 black COLOR_BLACK 0,0,0 1 red COLOR_RED 1,0,0 2 green COLOR_GREEN 0,1,0 3 yellow COLOR_YELLOW 1,1,0 4 blue COLOR_BLUE 0,0,1 5 magenta COLOR_MAGENTA 1,0,1 6 cyan COLOR_CYAN 0,1,1 7 white COLOR_WHITE 1,1,1
Text mode commands
tput bold # Select bold mode tput dim # Select dim (half-bright) mode tput smul # Enable underline mode tput rmul # Disable underline mode tput rev # Turn on reverse video mode tput smso # Enter standout (bold) mode tput rmso # Exit standout mode
Cursor movement commands
tput cup Y X # Move cursor to screen postion X,Y (top left is 0,0) tput cuf N # Move N characters forward (right) tput cub N # Move N characters back (left) tput cuu N # Move N lines up tput ll # Move to last line, first column (if no cup) tput sc # Save the cursor position tput rc # Restore the cursor position tput lines # Output the number of lines of the terminal tput cols # Output the number of columns of the terminal
Clear and insert commands
tput ech N # Erase N characters tput clear # Clear screen and move the cursor to 0,0 tput el 1 # Clear to beginning of line tput el # Clear to end of line tput ed # Clear to end of screen tput ich N # Insert N characters (moves rest of line forward!) tput il N # Insert N lines
Other commands
tput sgr0 # Reset text format to the terminal's default tput bel # Play a bell
Scripts
tput accepts scripts containing one command per line, which are executed in order before tput exits.
Avoid temporary files by echoing a multiline string and piping it: echo -e "setf 7\nsetb 1" | tput -S # set fg white and bg red
Color_Off='\033[0m' # Text Reset
Black='\033[0;30m' # Black Red='\033[0;31m' # Red Green='\033[0;32m' # Green Yellow='\033[0;33m' # Yellow Blue='\033[0;34m' # Blue Purple='\033[0;35m' # Purple Cyan='\033[0;36m' # Cyan White='\033[0;37m' # White
BBlack='\033[1;30m' # Black BRed='\033[1;31m' # Red BGreen='\033[1;32m' # Green BYellow='\033[1;33m' # Yellow BBlue='\033[1;34m' # Blue BPurple='\033[1;35m' # Purple BCyan='\033[1;36m' # Cyan BWhite='\033[1;37m' # White
UBlack='\033[4;30m' # Black URed='\033[4;31m' # Red UGreen='\033[4;32m' # Green UYellow='\033[4;33m' # Yellow UBlue='\033[4;34m' # Blue UPurple='\033[4;35m' # Purple UCyan='\033[4;36m' # Cyan UWhite='\033[4;37m' # White
On_Black='\033[40m' # Black On_Red='\033[41m' # Red On_Green='\033[42m' # Green On_Yellow='\033[43m' # Yellow On_Blue='\033[44m' # Blue On_Purple='\033[45m' # Purple On_Cyan='\033[46m' # Cyan On_White='\033[47m' # White
IBlack='\033[0;90m' # Black IRed='\033[0;91m' # Red IGreen='\033[0;92m' # Green IYellow='\033[0;93m' # Yellow IBlue='\033[0;94m' # Blue IPurple='\033[0;95m' # Purple ICyan='\033[0;96m' # Cyan IWhite='\033[0;97m' # White
BIBlack='\033[1;90m' # Black BIRed='\033[1;91m' # Red BIGreen='\033[1;92m' # Green BIYellow='\033[1;93m' # Yellow BIBlue='\033[1;94m' # Blue BIPurple='\033[1;95m' # Purple BICyan='\033[1;96m' # Cyan BIWhite='\033[1;97m' # White
On_IBlack='\033[0;100m' # Black On_IRed='\033[0;101m' # Red On_IGreen='\033[0;102m' # Green On_IYellow='\033[0;103m' # Yellow On_IBlue='\033[0;104m' # Blue On_IPurple='\033[0;105m' # Purple On_ICyan='\033[0;106m' # Cyan On_IWhite='\033[0;107m' # White