Changing the appearance of an Output in console

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
1

I want to change the appearance of a message I got in UNIX console.
Eg: In console: "no server running"
I need it as "no server running*".

Thanks in advance.

2

You will have to find out what application is generating this message and modify that application to ouput the message in the format you require.

3

Thanks for your reply.

I don't have privilege to change that application script so I want take the output to a file and then edit it to proper format and then display it in console.

Thanks.

4

Assuming your text is stored in "tmpfile", the following with work in bash and ksh93

echo "****$(<tmpfile)****" > /dev/console