in_color.sh

# Bash snippet for printing things in color

# Examples:
# in_color $GREEN "hello\n"
# in_color $RED "uh oh\n" $BOLD
# ok=$(in_color $GREEN OK $BOLD)
# echo "[ $ok ] Things are good"

__COLOR_RESET='\033[0m'

BLACK=30
RED=31
GREEN=32
ORANGE=33
BLUE=34
PURPLE=35
CYAN=36
GRAY=37

BOLD=1

in_color() {
    code=$1
    message=$2
    bold=$3

    if [ "$bold" = "" ]; then
        bold="0"
    fi
    printf "\033[$bold;${code}m$message$__COLOR_RESET"
}