Now theres another problem. I would like to output not just a colored block, but how would I output not a solid block character, but a shaded block instead?
Please help. I'm writing a library for these codes and this would really help.
Assuming that this question builds on another thread, you should at the very least include a link to that thread.
Regards,
Alister
http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/166978-problem-output-escape-characters.html
What type of terminal are you using (eg xterm, putty, vt220)?
For example if your using uxterm with a nice unicode (anything with the iso8859-1 eg -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--34-240-100-100-m-200-iso8859-1)
You can just paste the U+2592 character straight into your echo:
$ echo -e '\E[46m\E[0m'
I need to echo it in Cygwin. So that doesn't work. And I also need it in a different color.