function print_color { local text=$1 local fg=$2 local bg=$3 #change to right form case "$fg" in red) fg="31m" ;; green) fg="32m" ;; yellow) fg="33m" ;; blue) fg="34m" ;; white) fg="37m" ;; black) fg="30m" ;; *) fg="37m" ;; esac case "$bg" in red) bg="41m" ;; green) bg="42m" ;; yellow) bg="43m" ;; blue) bg="44m" ;; white) bg="47m" ;; black) bg="40m" ;; *) bg="40m" ;; esac echo -en "/033[$fg/033[$bg$text/033[0m" }