Color / Colour to Unix output

If you want to add some color to your Unix output, use echo ^[[35m then the text you want e.g. Hello

Where ^[ is "ctrl-v escape" then [

The numeric value will depend on your TERM type (combination of text / background).

echo ^[[0m to reset text (see table below).

The available codes are:

  

0	Normal text, foreground and background
1	Bold text
4	Underline
5	Blink
7	Inverse
30	Black foreground
31	Red foreground
32	Green foreground
33	Yellow foreground
34	Blue foreground
35	Magenta foreground
36	Cyan foreground
37	White foreground
40	Black background
41	Red background
42	Green background
43	Yellow background
44	Blue background
45	Magenta background
46	Cyan backgroud
47	White background

You can combine codes in a single escape sequence by separating them with semicolons.

For example, to create a section of text that is bold text with a yellow foreground and blue background, the escape sequence would be:

^[[1;33;44m