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Old 05-10-2013
Oracle How to give color and space?
I have write one scripts,i want give the color for only one line and give the space for 2line. how to give the color and space of line....
# 2  
Old 05-10-2013
for coloring you can use below and i didnt get what you mean by space? you mean blank/new line?

Code:
 
echo "\033[1;43m ANYTHING HERE \033[m"

# 3  
Old 05-10-2013
Oracle
I want to give new line.
# 4  
Old 05-10-2013
Hi vidyadhar85...

Your code should read:-
Code:
echo "\033[1;43m ANYTHING HERE \033[0m"

Hi rajivgandhi...

To save me writing reams a good starting point:-
(Note not all terminals do all the available ANSI escape codes...)

Code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code

CYA...
# 5  
Old 05-10-2013
[QUOTE=wisecracker;302805323]Hi vidyadhar85...

Your code should read:-
Code:
echo "\033[1;43m ANYTHING HERE \033[0m"

QUOTE]
Have you tried it and then concluded its not working?? It works really fine on AIX atleast..
# 6  
Old 05-10-2013
Hi vidyadhar85...

Where have I quoted that it didn't work?

The 0, zero, IS defined in the ANSI structure to RESET ALL attributes.

Pointless having industry standards if you are not going to teach the person the right way...
# 7  
Old 05-10-2013
on most of the systems ,it should be
Code:
echo -e


Code:
echo -e "\033[1;43m ANYTHING HERE \033[0m"
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