Color Output ------------ There are several possibilities to color the output of a bash script / command. `tput` ~~~~~~ Define shell variables:: red=`tput setaf 1` green=`tput setaf 2` reset=`tput sgr0` echo "${red}red text ${green}green text${reset}" Directly in a command output:: echo "$(tput setaf 1)Red text $(tput setab 7)and white background$(tput sgr 0)" Do not forget to clear the color with the `tput sgr0` at the end.