From: Banana <banana@starscream.de>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:31:02 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: colour echo output in bash
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colour echo output in bash
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diff --git a/bash/colour-text-echo.sh b/bash/colour-text-echo.sh
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+++ b/bash/colour-text-echo.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the
+# COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL) Version 1.0
+# along with this program.  If not, see http://www.sun.com/cddl/cddl.html
+
+# 2013 https://github.com/jumpin-banana
+
+# this function prints the given string in the given colour in a bash shell
+# either include this function directly into your script or source it as an
+# external file.
+#
+# usage example:
+# cecho "this is green" green; # prints the string in green
+#
+cecho () {
+	local red='\033[0;31m'
+	local blue='\033[0;34m'
+	local green='\033[0;32m'
+	local cyan='\033[0;36m'
+	local purple='\033[0;35m'
+	local brown='\033[0;33m'
+	local yellow='\033[1;33m'
+	local white='\033[1;37m'
+	local black='\033[0;30m'
+
+	local message=$1
+	local color=${!2-$white}
+
+	echo -en "$color"
+	echo "$message"
+	echo -en "\033[0m" # reset color
+
+	return
+}
+