34.5. "Colorizing" Scripts

#!/bin/bash
# ex30a.sh: "Colorized" version of ex30.sh.
#            Crude address database


clear                                   # Clear the screen.

echo -n "          "
echo -e '\E[37;44m'"\033[1mContact List\033[0m"
                                        # White on blue background
echo; echo
echo -e "\033[1mChoose one of the following persons:\033[0m"
                                        # Bold
tput sgr0
echo "(Enter only the first letter of name.)"
echo
echo -en '\E[47;34m'"\033[1mE\033[0m"   # Blue
tput sgr0                               # Reset colors to "normal."
echo "vans, Roland"                     # "[E]vans, Roland"
echo -en '\E[47;35m'"\033[1mJ\033[0m"   # Magenta
tput sgr0
echo "ones, Mildred"
echo -en '\E[47;32m'"\033[1mS\033[0m"   # Green
tput sgr0
echo "mith, Julie"
echo -en '\E[47;31m'"\033[1mZ\033[0m"   # Red
tput sgr0
echo "ane, Morris"
echo

read person

case "$person" in
# Note variable is quoted.

  "E" | "e" )
  # Accept upper or lowercase input.
  echo
  echo "Roland Evans"
  echo "4321 Floppy Dr."
  echo "Hardscrabble, CO 80753"
  echo "(303) 734-9874"
  echo "(303) 734-9892 fax"
  echo "revans@zzy.net"
  echo "Business partner & old friend"
  ;;

  "J" | "j" )
  echo
  echo "Mildred Jones"
  echo "249 E. 7th St., Apt. 19"
  echo "New York, NY 10009"
  echo "(212) 533-2814"
  echo "(212) 533-9972 fax"
  echo "milliej@loisaida.com"
  echo "Girlfriend"
  echo "Birthday: Feb. 11"
  ;;

# Add info for Smith & Zane later.

          * )
   # Default option.	  
   # Empty input (hitting RETURN) fits here, too.
   echo
   echo "Not yet in database."
  ;;

esac

tput sgr0                               # Reset colors to "normal."

echo

exit 0

#!/bin/bash
# Draw-box.sh: Drawing a box using ASCII characters.

# Script by Stefano Palmeri, with minor editing by document author.
# Used in the "ABS Guide" with permission.


######################################################################
###  draw_box function doc  ###

#  The "draw_box" function lets the user
#+ draw a box into a terminal.       
#
#  Usage: draw_box ROW COLUMN HEIGHT WIDTH [COLOR] 
#  ROW and COLUMN represent the position        
#+ of the upper left angle of the box you're going to draw.
#  ROW and COLUMN must be greater than 0
#+ and less than current terminal dimension.
#  HEIGHT is the number of rows of the box, and must be > 0. 
#  HEIGHT + ROW must be <= than current terminal height. 
#  WIDTH is the number of columns of the box and must be > 0.
#  WIDTH + COLUMN must be <= than current terminal width.
#
# E.g.: If your terminal dimension is 20x80,
#  draw_box 2 3 10 45 is good
#  draw_box 2 3 19 45 has bad HEIGHT value (19+2 > 20)
#  draw_box 2 3 18 78 has bad WIDTH value (78+3 > 80)
#
#  COLOR is the color of the box frame.
#  This is the 5th argument and is optional.
#  0=black 1=red 2=green 3=tan 4=blue 5=purple 6=cyan 7=white.
#  If you pass the function bad arguments,
#+ it will just exit with code 65,
#+ and no messages will be printed on stderr.
#
#  Clear the terminal before you start to draw a box.
#  The clear command is not contained within the function.
#  This allows the user to draw multiple boxes, even overlapping ones.

###  end of draw_box function doc  ### 
######################################################################

draw_box(){

#=============#
HORZ="-"
VERT="|"
CORNER_CHAR="+"

MINARGS=4
E_BADARGS=65
#=============#


if [ $# -lt "$MINARGS" ]; then                 # If args are less than 4, exit.
    exit $E_BADARGS
fi

# Looking for non digit chars in arguments.
# Probably it could be done better (exercise for the reader?).
if echo $@ | tr -d [:blank:] | tr -d [:digit:] | grep . &> /dev/null; then
   exit $E_BADARGS
fi

BOX_HEIGHT=`expr $3 - 1`   #  -1 correction needed because angle char "+" is 
BOX_WIDTH=`expr $4 - 1`    #+ a part of both box height and width.
T_ROWS=`tput lines`        #  Define current terminal dimension 
T_COLS=`tput cols`         #+ in rows and columns.
         
if [ $1 -lt 1 ] || [ $1 -gt $T_ROWS ]; then    #  Start checking if arguments
   exit $E_BADARGS                             #+ are correct.
fi
if [ $2 -lt 1 ] || [ $2 -gt $T_COLS ]; then
   exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ `expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT + 1` -gt $T_ROWS ]; then
   exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ `expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH + 1` -gt $T_COLS ]; then
   exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ $3 -lt 1 ] || [ $4 -lt 1 ]; then
   exit $E_BADARGS
fi                                 # End checking arguments.

plot_char(){                       # Function within a function.
   echo -e "\E[${1};${2}H"$3
}

echo -ne "\E[3${5}m"               # Set box frame color, if defined.

# start drawing the box

count=1                                         #  Draw vertical lines using
for (( r=$1; count<=$BOX_HEIGHT; r++)); do      #+ plot_char function.
  plot_char $r $2 $VERT
  let count=count+1
done 

count=1
c=`expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH`
for (( r=$1; count<=$BOX_HEIGHT; r++)); do
  plot_char $r $c $VERT
  let count=count+1
done 

count=1                                        #  Draw horizontal lines using
for (( c=$2; count<=$BOX_WIDTH; c++)); do      #+ plot_char function.
  plot_char $1 $c $HORZ
  let count=count+1
done 

count=1
r=`expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT`
for (( c=$2; count<=$BOX_WIDTH; c++)); do
  plot_char $r $c $HORZ
  let count=count+1
done 

plot_char $1 $2 $CORNER_CHAR                   # Draw box angles.
plot_char $1 `expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH` +
plot_char `expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT` $2 +
plot_char `expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT` `expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH` +

echo -ne "\E[0m"             #  Restore old colors.

P_ROWS=`expr $T_ROWS - 1`    #  Put the prompt at bottom of the terminal.

echo -e "\E[${P_ROWS};1H"
}      


# Now, let's try drawing a box.
clear                       # Clear the terminal.
R=2      # Row
C=3      # Column
H=10     # Height
W=45     # Width 
col=1    # Color (red)
draw_box $R $C $H $W $col   # Draw the box.

exit 0

# Exercise:
# --------
# Add the option of printing text within the drawn box.

#!/bin/bash
# color-echo.sh: Echoing text messages in color.

# Modify this script for your own purposes.
# It's easier than hand-coding color.

black='\E[30;47m'
red='\E[31;47m'
green='\E[32;47m'
yellow='\E[33;47m'
blue='\E[34;47m'
magenta='\E[35;47m'
cyan='\E[36;47m'
white='\E[37;47m'


alias Reset="tput sgr0"      #  Reset text attributes to normal
                             #+ without clearing screen.


cecho ()                     # Color-echo.
                             # Argument $1 = message
                             # Argument $2 = color
{
local default_msg="No message passed."
                             # Doesn't really need to be a local variable.

message=${1:-$default_msg}   # Defaults to default message.
color=${2:-$black}           # Defaults to black, if not specified.

  echo -e "$color"
  echo "$message"
  Reset                      # Reset to normal.

  return
}  


# Now, let's try it out.
# ----------------------------------------------------
cecho "Feeling blue..." $blue
cecho "Magenta looks more like purple." $magenta
cecho "Green with envy." $green
cecho "Seeing red?" $red
cecho "Cyan, more familiarly known as aqua." $cyan
cecho "No color passed (defaults to black)."
       # Missing $color argument.
cecho "\"Empty\" color passed (defaults to black)." ""
       # Empty $color argument.
cecho
       # Missing $message and $color arguments.
cecho "" ""
       # Empty $message and $color arguments.
# ----------------------------------------------------

echo

exit 0

# Exercises:
# ---------
# 1) Add the "bold" attribute to the 'cecho ()' function.
# 2) Add options for colored backgrounds.