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Old 09-20-2009
Bug Printing coloured lines
I want to print "Hello,How are you" in green colour using printf. How to do so?
# 2  
Old 09-20-2009
this works in AIX...
Code:
printf "\033[1;32mHello,How are you?\033[m"

# 3  
Old 09-20-2009
MySQL echo
echo -e "\033[1;32mHello,How are you?\033[m" also gives the same output.

Is there any advantage or disadvantage of printing lines with echo with respect to printf?
# 4  
Old 09-20-2009
printf comes with lot more options like formatting the o/p etc etc...
depending upon use we use either echo or printf...
# 5  
Old 09-20-2009
printf tutorial
could you suggest me a good tutorial on the internet for printing coloured output using printf or echo...

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How to print "hi how are you" in green coloured underlined text?

Plz help....

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How to print "hi how are you" in green coloured underlined text?

Plz help....

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How to print "hi how are you" in green coloured underlined text?

Plz help....

---------- Post updated at 03:31 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:31 PM ----------

How to print "hi how are you" in green coloured underlined text?

Plz help....
# 6  
Old 09-20-2009
this will do...
Code:
printf "`tput smul`\033[1;32mHello,How are you?\033[m`tput rmul`"

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