Bash Color Escape Codes
Below is a quick rundown on how to color output of echo in bash.
Echo (echo -e) the following escape codes inside \e[ESCCODEm to colorize text in Bash:
- Black 0;30
- Dark Gray 1;30
- Blue 0;34
- Light Blue 1;34
- Green 0;32
- Light Green 1;32
- Cyan 0;36
- Light Cyan 1;36
- Red 0;31
- Light Red 1;31
- Purple 0;35
- Light Purple 1;35
- Brown 0;33
- Yellow 1;33
- Light Gray 0;37
- White 1;37
Make sure to use echo -e to enable interpretation of backslash escapes:
bash$ echo -e "This is red->\e[00;31mRED\e[00m"
Remove Color
Echo \e[00m to remove text color modifications:
bash$ echo -n '\e[00m'
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