font color in script

Shell Programming and Scripting
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i am using ubuntu 11.04 and i just finished writing a shell script but i was wanting to know if their is a way to change the font color of just one sentence?

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ANSI color codes?

echo -e '\033[0;31mhello' will make red for example.

have a look at ASCII Table - ANSI Escape sequences

\033 is ESC in octal. End with 0m to return to normal

mute@geek:~/test$ echo -e '\033[0;31mred\033[0;32mgreen\033[0;34mblue\033[0mnormal'
redgreenbluenormal

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thanks for the help! it worked!