bin/colortable

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # Usage: colortable
   3 #
   4 # Print a color table of ANSI colors (normal+bright) to demonstrate what
   5 # colors are available. Each line is the color code of one foreground
   6 # color, out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a test use of that
   7 # color on all nine background colors (default + 8 escapes).
   8 #
   9 # (Based on: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html)
  10
  11 T='gYw'   # The test text
  12
  13 # Standard background colors
  14 echo -e "\n                 40m     41m     42m     43m     44m     45m     46m     47m";
  15 for FGs in  '    m' '   1m' \
  16             '  30m' '  90m' '1;30m' \
  17             '  31m' '  91m' '1;31m' \
  18             '  32m' '  92m' '1;32m' \
  19             '  33m' '  93m' '1;33m' \
  20             '  34m' '  94m' '1;34m' \
  21             '  35m' '  95m' '1;35m' \
  22             '  36m' '  96m' '1;36m' \
  23             '  37m' '  97m' '1;37m'; do
  24   FG=${FGs// /}
  25   echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  \033[0m"
  26   for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m; do
  27     echo -en " \033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m";
  28   done
  29   echo;
  30 done
  31
  32 # Bright background colors
  33 echo -e "\n                 100m    101m    102m    103m    104m    105m    106m    107m";
  34 for FGs in  '    m' '   1m' \
  35             '  30m' '  90m' '1;30m' \
  36             '  31m' '  91m' '1;31m' \
  37             '  32m' '  92m' '1;32m' \
  38             '  33m' '  93m' '1;33m' \
  39             '  34m' '  94m' '1;34m' \
  40             '  35m' '  95m' '1;35m' \
  41             '  36m' '  96m' '1;36m' \
  42             '  37m' '  97m' '1;37m'; do
  43   FG=${FGs// /}
  44   echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  \033[0m"
  45   for BG in 100m 101m 102m 103m 104m 105m 106m 107m; do
  46     echo -en " \033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m";
  47   done
  48   echo;
  49 done
  50 echo