colour in console

[twen]

I have this old (very old) laptop on which I run debian as a spare machine. Is it possible to get a bit of colour without using X, such as having a none black background? and coloured fonts? :rolleyes:

[Iassen]

Try:

echo -e "\033[31;40;1m HELLO \033[m"

Play around with the numbers to get different colours.

[twen]

Originally posted by Iassen:
<STRONG>Try:

echo -e "\033[31;40;1m HELLO \033[m"

Play around with the numbers to get different colours.</STRONG>

Thanks try that when I get home
:)

[Linuxcool]

Check here (http://www.linuxdiscussions.org/howtos/colorbash.htm) and here (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/).

[twen]

thanks you all for the help :) :)