Handy bash snippets

colors.sh

# Colorize your script output like it's 1985
clrd() [ $# -lt 3 ]&& echo "Usage: $0 COLOR BOLD message\n" || printf "\033[%d;%dm%s\033[0;0m" $2 $1 "${@:3}"}
# echo with feeling
bold() { local MSG=$@;echo -e $(clrd 33 1 ">") $(clrd 30 1 "$MSG"); }
# Make a repeating string of characters
make_str() { [[ -z $2 ]] && $2="*"; [[ -z "$1" || "$1" -lt 1 ]] && echo || { echo -n "$2"; make_str $(( $1-1 )) "$2"; }; }