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Old 08-23-2005
HOw to change the text colour through shell script?
Hi all,

I have written one script. If i run the script, particular text in that script needs to be displayed in color.how this could be done?any commands r there to change the colour of the text while running the script?

Ur help is appreciated !!!

Thanx in Advance,
Sona.
# 2  
Old 08-23-2005
So you like color, see this
... and this! Smilie
# 3  
Old 08-29-2005
HOw to change the text colour through shell script?
Hi,

thnx for ur reply.but what i want to know is how to use these colours implicitly. i dont want to hardcode the colours as like ^[[32m this in the script. is there any way to set this colour in a profile so that the text can be displayed in colour when the script is triggered.

Thanx in advance.
Sona.
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# 4  
Old 08-29-2005
Well yeah!
It's easy as abc Smilie u just have to store them in afile then source that file in your batches like this
Code:
[dot][space] file_with_color_def_inside

# 5  
Old 08-29-2005
Sure u can,
u just have to store them in afile then source that file in your batches like this
Code:
[dot][space] /full_path_file_with_color_def_inside
. /full_path_file_with_color_def_inside

# 6  
Old 08-30-2005
Hi,

can u give me one example for creating the profile and how can u use that in the script.

Also what i need exactly is like

for ex we have one script named test.ksh.
if i run the script it displays some lines like
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbbbbb
ccccccccccccc
in that i want only the second line to be coloured and not all.

Pls guide me in doing this....

Sona.
# 7  
Old 08-30-2005
Download my cecho script - will show you the basics. Then it's just hardcoded in one place... chuck it in /usr/local/bin (if that's in your path) and then scripts can just call

cecho red This is in red

Cheers
ZB
 
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