give some color to a word on echo output

iga3725 · July 15, 2010, 3:39am

Hi

Supposed this text output:

How can I show $HOSTNAME in other color than blank?

KSH on AIX

bsnithin · July 15, 2010, 4:01am

Hello,

You can change colour in ksh. Kindly refer below link.

_hari.sh · July 15, 2010, 4:56am

Try this

echo " ******* RBAC en `tput smso` $HOSTNAME `tput rmso`*********"

iga3725 · July 15, 2010, 5:02am

Nice hari.. thanks!

aneesh_e.p · July 15, 2010, 6:01am

Hi iga3725,

   Just Refer this link. You will find lot of options and ways to do it.