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Re: [Help-bash] color in bash read builtin prompt
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Clark Wang |
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Re: [Help-bash] color in bash read builtin prompt |
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Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:37:30 +0800 |
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Patrick Byrne <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I am finding that color codes are not recognised in a 'read' prompt:
> read -e -p "\x1b[31mtarget_dir:${rst} " -i "${default_target_dir}"
> target_dir
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> output:
> ^[[0;31;40mtarget_dir:\x1b[0m /home/digital/python_1411
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> Is there a way around this please?
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Try like this:
read -p $'\033[1;31mRED:\033[0m ' var
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> --
> Patrick Byrne
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