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sam
Asked: 2018-03-05 10:58:19 +0800 CST

output ascii art in a red color on terminal [duplicate]

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so i wanted to make a MR ROBOT default banner, but i don't know how to make the output in a red Color in terminal, could somebody please help? also does anybody have the Original MR ROBOT ascii art? if so please drop it here.

ps: using kali linux 2018.1 release

command-line bash banner ascii-art

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  1. Best Answer

    While tput is very handy for mobile environments, ASCII colouring is always an alternative:

    echo -e "\x1B[31m MR ROBOT \x1B[0m"

    will output the term MR ROBOT in red font.

    \x1B[31m = RED
\x1B[32m = GREEN
\x1B[96m = Blue
\x1B[01;95m = PURPLE
\x1B[01;94m = VIOLET
\x1B[01;93m = Yellow
\x1B[01;91m = ORANGE
\x1B[01;90m = GREY
\x1B[01;89m = WHITE
\x1B[0m = Back to your terminal's default colour

    Related: How to change the output color of echo in Linux on Stack Overflow

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  2. Try using this : 

    $ tput setaf 1; echo 'MR ROBOT'; tput sgr0

    enter image description here

    And as explained in comments, do not hard-code ANSI color escape sequences in your program! The tput command lets you interact with the terminal database in a sane way: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/037

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