We can use color codes such as GREEN=’\033[0;32m’RED=’\033[0;31m’ BLUE=’\033[0;36m’ WHITE=’\033[0;37m’ RESET=’\033[0m’ to echo message in different colors.
How can we use these codes with the read command?
I would like to do something like below:
read -p "\033[0;36mEnter the name: \033[0m" name
>Solution :
you have to use $'...' around the string for escape sequences to be processed.
read -p $'\033[0;36mEnter the name: \033[0m' name
Or do it when defining the variables
GREEN=$'\033[0;32m'
RED=$'\033[0;31m'
BLUE=$'\033[0;36m'
WHITE=$'\033[0;37m'
RESET=$'\033[0m'
read -p "${BLUE}Enter the name: ${RESET}" name