ESC sequence on RHEL5

amit1_x · #1 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

We have migrated one of servers from RH 2.1 to RHEL5 , some of the scripts on our machine use escape sequence to print output . Om RH 2.1 we were using echo

Code:

echo "\033[01;31m ERROR  \033[m" 
ERROR

, which would give output ERROr in red . However the script does not work properly with RH5 and gives

Code:

\033[01;31m error \033[m

as output . I am not sure what escape sequence should i use

era · #2 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

See man tput for how to output terminal control codes in a slightly more abstract manner. (The manual is obtuse, as such; you might want to search the web for a tutorial; but it helps to read the manual page to see what terminology to search for.)

amit1_x · #3 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

I figured it out

Code:

echo   -e "\033[01;31m ERROR  \033[m"
ERROR

tahnsk for the hint though!

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