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Created January 3, 2011 15:32
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Prints a color table of 8bg * 8fg * 2 states (regular/bold)
#!/bin/bash
#
# Description:
#
# Prints a color table of 8bg * 8fg * 2 states (regular/bold)
#
echo
echo Table for 16-color terminal escape sequences.
echo Replace ESC with \\033 in bash.
echo
echo "Background | Foreground colors"
echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"
for((bg=40;bg<=47;bg++)); do
for((bold=0;bold<=1;bold++)) do
echo -en "\033[0m"" ESC[${bg}m | "
for((fg=30;fg<=37;fg++)); do
if [ $bold == "0" ]; then
echo -en "\033[${bg}m\033[${fg}m [${fg}m "
else
echo -en "\033[${bg}m\033[1;${fg}m [1;${fg}m"
fi
done
echo -e "\033[0m"
done
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------- "
done
echo
echo
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