Thanks a lot, this works perfectly! Best regards, Jochen =8-) > Why not use printf and \033 for the escape character? The > following prints "xxx yyy zzz" where "yyy" is green: > > printf 'xxx \033[32myyy\033[m zzz' > > Here is a list showing other escape sequences > > # foreground colours > printf '\033[30m black \033[m' > printf '\033[31m red \033[m' > printf '\033[32m green \033[m' > printf '\033[33m yellow \033[m' > printf '\033[34m blue \033[m' > printf '\033[35m magenta \033[m' > printf '\033[36m cyan \033[m' > printf '\033[37m white \033[m' > > # background colours > printf '\033[40m black \033[m' > printf '\033[41m red \033[m' > printf '\033[42m green \033[m' > printf '\033[43m yellow \033[m' > printf '\033[44m blue \033[m' > printf '\033[45m magenta \033[m' > printf '\033[46m cyan \033[m' > printf '\033[47m white \033[m' > > # other > printf '\033[0m default \033[m' > printf '\033[1m bold \033[m' > printf '\033[2m faint \033[m' > printf '\033[3m italic \033[m' > printf '\033[4m underlined \033[m' > printf '\033[5m slowblink \033[m' > printf '\033[6m rapidblink \033[m' > printf '\033[7m negative \033[m' > > Peter > > -- > Peter J. Acklam - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://home.online.no/~pjacklam > >
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