09-06-2012
Yes I ran echo "$*". Quite complicated this IFS!
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So that means that the delimiter is always | after splitting? Splitting just splits according to either | or =, then arguments are delimited by |. Or I am messing things up at this point, and the only thing that matters is that arguments are now in $1, $2, ...? Why does it smash everything with |. Is that standard or is it because I used | as the first character in IFS? I am sure that if I use IFS="F=", instead of having |, I will have 'F' being displayed when the arguments are smashed together.
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NAME
set_color - set_color - set the terminal color
set_color - set the terminal color
Synopsis
set_color [-v --version] [-h --help] [-b --background COLOR] [COLOR]
Description
Change the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple,
cyan, white and normal.
o -b, --background Set the background color
o -c, --print-colors Prints a list of all valid color names
o -h, --help Display help message and exit
o -o, --bold Set bold or extra bright mode
o -u, --underline Set underlined mode
o -v, --version Display version and exit
Calling set_color normal will set the terminal color to whatever is the default color of the terminal.
Some terminals use the --bold escape sequence to switch to a brighter color set. On such terminals, set_color white will result in a grey
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Not all terminal emulators support all these features. This is not a bug in set_color but a missing feature in the terminal emulator.
set_color uses the terminfo database to look up how to change terminal colors on whatever terminal is in use. Some systems have old and
incomplete terminfo databases, and may lack color information for terminals that support it. Download and install the latest version of
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