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A bash script to print a table showing all shell colors
#!/bin/bash
#
# This file echoes a bunch of color codes to the terminal to demonstrate
# what's available. Each line is the color code of one forground color,
# out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a test use of that color
# on all nine background colors (default + 8 escapes).
#
# Source:
# http://bitmote.com/index.php?post/2012/11/19/Using-ANSI-Color-Codes-to-Colorize-Your-Bash-Prompt-on-Linux
#
T='gYw' # The test text
echo -e "\n 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m";
for FGs in ' m' ' 1m' ' 30m' '1;30m' ' 31m' '1;31m' ' 32m' '1;32m' ' 33m' '1;33m' ' 34m' '1;34m' ' 35m' '1;35m' ' 36m' '1;36m' ' 37m' '1;37m';
do FG=${FGs// /}
echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG $T "
for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m;
do echo -en "$EINS \033[$FG\033[$BG $T \033[0m\033[$BG \033[0m";
done
echo;
done
echo
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