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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Based on Daniel Crisman's ANSI color chart script from
+# The Bash Prompt HOWTO: 6.1. Colours
+# http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html
+#
+# This function echoes a bunch of color codes to the
+# terminal to demonstrate what's available.  Each
+# line is the color code of one forground color,
+# out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a
+# test use of that color on all nine background
+# colors (default + 8 escapes).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+T='gYw'   # The test text
+
+echo -e "\n         def     40m     41m     42m     43m     44m     45m     46m     47m";
+
+for FGs in '    m' '   1m' '  30m' '1;30m' '  31m' '1;31m' '  32m' \
+            '1;32m' '  33m' '1;33m' '  34m' '1;34m' '  35m' '1;35m' \
+            '  36m' '1;36m' '  37m' '1;37m';
+
+  do FG=${FGs// /}
+  echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  "
+
+  for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m;
+    do echo -en "\033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m";
+  done
+  echo;
+done
+echo