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Last Updated on November 10, 2022 by Humera Hallari
If you want to coloring Linux terminal that using standart system, you can do with the following knowledge.
Style Foreground Background ----------------------------------------- NORMAL=0 FG_BLACK=30 BG_BLACK=40 BOLD=1 FG_RED=31 BG_RED=41 UNDERLINE=4 FG_GREEN=32 BG_GREEN=42 BLINK=5 FG_YELLOW=33 BG_YELLOW=43 REVERSE=7 FG_BLUE=34 BG_BLUE=44 FG_MAGENTA=35 BG_MAGENTA=45 FG_CYAN=36 BG_CYAN=46 FG_GRAY=37 BG_GRAY=47 FG_DEFAULT=39 BG_DEFAULT=49 NOTE: Not specifying a style, foreground, or background code in the escape sequence is the same as entering the normal or default value.
b Insert the baudrate of the current line. d Insert the current date. s Insert the system name, the name of the operating system. l Insert the name of the current tty line. m Insert the architecture identifier of the machine, e.g., i686. n Insert the nodename of the machine, also known as the hostname. o Insert the domainname of the machine. r Insert the release number of the kernel, e.g., 2.6.11.12. t Insert the current time. u Insert the number of current users logged in. U Insert the string "1 user" or "<n> users" where <n> is the number of current users logged in. v Insert the version of the OS, e.g., the build-date etc.
Example to change the text color (foreground) to bold blue…
^[[1;34m
Example to change the text color to normal blue and change the background to cyan…
^[[0;34;46m
Example to revert back to the default style, text, and background…
^[[0m
This example of direct command using syntax
# echo -e '\e[1;31mUbuntu\e[0m' > /etc/issue