function color_test { # 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). # 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 $T " for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m; do echo -en "$EINS \033[$FG\033[$BG $T \033[0m"; done echo; done echo }