How to change the output color of echo in Linux

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

_x000D_ You can use these ANSI escape codes: Black 0;30 Dark Gray 1;30 Red 0;31 Light Red 1;31 Green 0;32 Light Green 1;32 Brown/Orange 0;33 Yellow 1;33 Blue 0;34 Light Blue 1;34 Purple 0;35 Light Purple 1;35 Cyan 0;36 Light Cyan 1;36 Light Gray 0;37 White 1;37 And then use them like this in your script: # .---------- constant part! # vvvv vvvv-- the code from above RED='\033[0;31m' NC='\033[0m' # No Color printf "I ${RED}love${NC} Stack Overflow\n" which prints love in red. From @james-lim's comment, if you are using the echo command, be sure to use the -e flag to allow backslash escapes. # Continued from above example echo -e "I ${RED}love${NC} Stack Overflow" (don't add "\n" when using echo unless you want to add additional empty line)