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Highlight text in shell o/p

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Can anyone tell me how to highlight a particular text in shell output or formattting a text in shell ?

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Try something like this

Code:

$ green='\e[0;32m' 
$ endColor='\e[0m'
$ echo -e "${green}Hi Welcome \e[5;32;47m $USER \n${endColor}"

for more detail visit here
http://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_c...and_formatting

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