I know I can manipulate from AppleScript to terminal.app or just run commands from apple script.
But what about from a BASH Script.
when A user logs in and runs a maintenance utility I have written for them, I want to modify their background color and text color.
example;
#!/bin/bash
clear
bold=`tput smso`
offbold=`tput rmso`
echo -e "\033[33;33m fo034 \033[33;40m User Mail Is \033[31;5m ${bold} NOT ACTIVE ${offbold} \033[31;0m"
echo -e "\033[33;33m fo035 \033[31;5m Error in Account \033[31;0m"
echo -e " now thats some kung f00 "
I want to Change the background color of his terminal session. Lets say " white Text on Black Screen, not just ||||||||| blacked out lines.
How can I manipulate the terminal screen color ?
Change background color then clear the screen(using the 'clear' utility, or 'tput clear'), that should set the entire window.
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\033[33;33m
This seems redundant -- you're setting the same foreground color twice. 3x is foreground color, 4x is background color. 1 makes the foreground extra bright.
Try
printf "\033[1;33;43m" ; clear
bright yellow on dark yellow.
printf "\033[0;30;47m" ; clear
white background on black text. I don't think you can make the background brighter.
printf is more portable than echo -e -- echo -e is mostly a linux thing.
Im guessing there is not way to change the whole screen in one shot. the Code above works line by line, changing the background color of the lines Im working on.
No problem, using this code will work just fine, thanks.
Change the background color