HACKTUX notes from the trenches

Bash Color Escape Codes

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'