colorized output with tput

colorized-output.sh

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
# FUNCTION: First, nobody should do this. Second, it totally works. This is a
#           library to print messages in a consistent format.
#  AUTHORS: todd-dsm
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 


###---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
### VARIABLES                                                                      
###---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
valDATE="$(date +%F\ %r)"
myFileName="$(basename $0)"
bold=$(tput bold)
green=$(tput setaf 2)
red=$(tput setaf 1)
clear=$(tput sgr0)


#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
# Set the variant colors for specific outputs; %s is your string                       
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
# Print Requirement                                                                
printReq()    {                                                                    
    printf '\n%s\n' "$bold$1$clear"                                                
}                                                                                  
                                                                                   
# Print 1 line of info                                                             
print1Line()    {                                                                  
    printf '%s\n\n' "$1"                                                           
}                                                                                  
                                                                                   
# Print Info                                                                       
printInfo()    {                                                                   
    printf '%s\n' "  $1"                                                           
}                                                                                  
                                                                                   
# Print final Success status                                                       
printSStat()    {                                                                  
    printf '%s\n\n' "$green  $1$clear"                                             
}                                                                                  
                                                                                   
# Print final Failure status                                                       
printFStat()    {                                                                  
    printf '%s\n\n' "$red  $1$clear"                                               
}