How to put the bold text in unix ... 2

• Aug 3, 2006

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feherke

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Hi

Depends on the terminal capabilities.

Code:

[gray]# Bash[/gray]
echo -e "\033[1mtest\033[0m again"

[gray]# Ksh[/gray]
echo "\033[1mtest\033[0m again"

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• Aug 3, 2006

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p5wizard

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To code this independent of terminal type use tput.

This is from the man page for tput:

4 To set the shell variable bold to the begin standout mode sequence
and the shell variable offbold to the end standout mode sequence,
enter:

bold=`tput smso`

offbold=`tput rmso`

Entering these commands might be followed by the following prompt:

echo "${bold}Name: ${offbold} \c"



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• Aug 3, 2006

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feherke

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Hi

Just a curiousity, p5wizard. That example works for you as expected ? On my xterm [tt]smso[/tt] enters reverse mode, instead of bold.

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• Aug 4, 2006

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p5wizard

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Then substitute "bold" for "smso"

I just cut&pasted from the man page, didn't try it out myself.

bold=`tput bold`

offbold=`tput rmso`

echo "${bold}Name: ${offbold} \c"




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• Aug 4, 2006

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feherke

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Hi

Yes, I know that was just a copy&paste and also I know what to use to get proper bold.

My question was related to your terminal, if that behaves as the man page predicted. Sorry, if my question was not clear.

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• Aug 4, 2006

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p5wizard

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Heherke,

The man page example uses the bold/offbold variables to hold the escape sequences for "enter/exit standout mode". They chose smso/rmso because perhaps not all terminals/emulators cope in the same fashion with "bold" mode - sometimes the pitch size changes also with bold mode, which makes text-oriented program screens with tables, borders etc. rather awkward to read.

My $0.02


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• Aug 4, 2006

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p5wizard

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for colors

numcols=$(tput colors)
# this integer value means you can use color number 0 to (${numcols} -1)

tput colf6 # valid numbers colf0 to colf7 on AIX dtterm
tput colb4 # colb0 to colb7
echo this is a color fg6 on bg4 test
tput sgr0



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• Aug 6, 2006

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h3nd

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Hi p5wizard,

I have tried your code, the bold one is working but not for the offbold.

Here's the script, I've tried :

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

bold=`tput bold`

offbold=`tput rmso`

echo "${bold}Name :${offbold} \n"
echo "where are u going "

But when I tried to send the email regarding that script, the result look like this :

Code:

Name :  

where are u going

do you guys have any idea, how if I want to send the email about result the text keep being bold.

I'm using redhat and my email editor is lotus notes.

Thx guys

 

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• Aug 7, 2006

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Annihilannic

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Those codes generated by tput are terminal control codes; they only work on a terminal.

To put bold in an email you will need to use a different format, either rich text or HTML. There is a FAQ somewhere here about sending HTML emails, if I recall.

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• Sep 12, 2006

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h3nd

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Hi p5wizard,

your code for bold is working but not for offbold

Code:

 bold=`tput bold`

 offbold=`tput rmso`

 echo "${bold}Name: ${offbold} \c"

I've ready the man tput, and I got this :

Code:

bold=âtput smsoâ offbold=âtput rmsoâ

And how I type "â" ??

Thx man,

Could you shed some light ?

 

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• Sep 12, 2006

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p5wizard

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Try the pair bold/sgr0.

And the ` is a backquote and you seem to have trouble displaying or typing it on your screen...

Another way (works in ksh and bash - does not work in bourne shell though)

bold=$(tput smso)
offbold=$(tput sgr0)

echo "${bold}Name: ${offbold} \c"


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p5wizard

 

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• Sep 25, 2006

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h3nd

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Hi p5wizard and feherke,

your both command worked, but I notice it works only for putty terminal not for xterm.

could you guys explain why ? and what terminal that putty use ?

Thx guys

 

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• Sep 25, 2006

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p5wizard

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PuTTY emulates an xterm session.

I checked: tput bold /tput sgr0 works in my xterm sessions (both PuTTY and Reflection/X)

Hint: once logged via PuTTY or xterm session, do

echo TERM=${TERM}

both sessions should show the value TERM=xterm. If not, set it to xterm and try again

TERM=xterm
tput bold
echo test bold
tput sgr0
echo test normal


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p5wizard

 

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• Sep 26, 2006

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feherke

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Hi

Works for me also, in XTerm, PuTTY, CygWin.

Feherke.

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