3 Basic colors are used in showing the output.
1)Green. (echo -e "\033[32m Hello World")
2)Red. (echo -e "\033[31m Hello World")
3)White. (The "tput sgr0" restores the terminal settings to normal.)
conventions
Green : Command used for execution
Red : User Input
White : Output./Notes
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BGGREEN=`echo "\033[42m"` # background to green
BGCYAN=`echo "\033[45m"` # background to cyan
BGWHITE=`echo "\033[47m"` # background to white
FGBLACK=`echo "\033[30m"` # foreground to black
FGRED=`echo "\033[31m"` # foreground to red
BGBLACK=`echo "\033[40m"` # background to black
FGGREEN=`echo "\033[32m"` # foreground to green
BGWHITEFGBLUE=`echo "\033[91m"` # background to white & foreground to blue
#BGWHITEFGBLUE=`echo "\033[94m"` # background to white & foreground to blue
BGWHITEFGMAGENTA=`echo "\033[95m"` # background to white & fg to magenta
BGYELLOW=`echo "\033[43m"` # background to yellow
FGBLUE=`echo "\033[34m"` # foreground to blue
FGMAGENTA=`echo "\033[35m"` # foreground to magenta
FGCYAN=`echo "\033[36m"` # foreground to cyan
BGBLUE=`echo "\033[44m"` # background to blue
BGRED=`echo "\033[41m"` # background to red
FGWHITE=`echo "\033[37m"` # foreground to white
BGCYAN=`echo "\033[45m"` # background to cyan
BLINK=`echo "\033[5m"` #terminal to blink
NORMAL=`echo "\033[m"` #terminal to normal
UNDERLINE=`echo "\033[4m"` #terminal to underline
NOUNDERLINE=`echo "\033[24m"` #terminal to cancel underline
REVERSE=`echo "\033[7m"` #terminal to reverse video
BGMAGENTA=`echo "\033[45m"` # background to magenta
BOLD=`echo "\033[1m"` #bold
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