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how to echo a highlight text ?

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Name: jeff
Date: November 12, 2002 at 09:40:21 Pacific
OS: win98
CPU/Ram: 256
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Can somebody tell me that how to display or echo a highlight text in unix?? what command should be used??



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Name: jimbo
Date: November 12, 2002 at 09:47:58 Pacific
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Using print:
print "\033[01;34m\c"
print "**** Highlighted text ****"
print "\033[0m\c"

Works with echo too.

-jim


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Response Number 2
Name: Sjako
Date: November 21, 2002 at 16:16:39 Pacific
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echo "`tput smso`Highlight`tput rmso`"


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