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How to change color of bash output?

I've tested:

RED='\033[0;31m'
echo "${RED}Print red"
echo "Print blue"

But the below text will be printed both in red even if only the first line has the variable Same happens if I use:

tput setaf 4; echo "Print blue"
echo "Print Magenta"

It will be printing all my following terminal code in blue

I just want to change the color of a single line of code, saying an echo, for example, and nothing else.

Solution

  • In order to print a single line, you need to unset the color that has been set. Using tput

    $ echo "$(tput setaf 4)Print Blue$(tput sgr 0)"