COLOURING TEXT ON AIX

[sivhaga]

I have tried my level best to check on the internet/google on how to make some colors on the text / colouring text.

Eg How do I display text “Peter” in red or blue colour ? I mean echo “Peter” will just print “Peter”,but how do i make it blue

 

[KenCunningham]

echo "\033[31m\033[1m" Peter should print in red

Try other variations of the 0m for other effects.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry, Try other variations of the 0m for other effects. should of course be "Try other variations of the 1m for other effects."

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[sivhaga]

Ok, can you please me the place where i can get all this information.I mean on the site. Is there any other way where i can make a text flush or marquee like in html?

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry, not really my field, but this is interesting:

http://www.expertsrt.com/tutorials/Matt/CmdPrompt.html

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[sivhaga]

ok,let me try and see

but if i use echo "\033[31m\033[1m" Peter
It changes the text background of everything whereas i dont want that, I only want to make only Peter to be red.
e.g Peter is the man

Peter should be only in red

 

[KenCunningham]

Then you need to tuen red off immediately after Peter:

echo "\033[31m\033[1m" Peter "\033[31m\033[0m"is the man

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[sivhaga]

ok

Thank you so much, it works

 

[khalidaaa]

I just can't find the link i had for this!!! I found this though:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1262729

Regards,
Khalid

 

[sivhaga]

thanks

 

[ogniemi]

I didn't try it but maybe someone will find it usefull..

http://www.intuitive.com/wicked/showscript.cgi?011-colors.sh