Bash Color Variable Output

Question

I've got a variable, let's say $x and it holds the value of website.com. I want to be able to call the variable and apply shell color to it like so:

echo -e '\033[1;32m$x:\033[0m';

The problem is not the color, however, it's how the script it interpretting the output. So the output I'm getting is:

$x:

I need the output to obviously be the string in the variable, and not the variable name. Is there any way around this issue?

Mitch Dempsey · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-13 18:30:03Z

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You need to use " instead of '.

So it should be: echo -e "\033[1;32m$x:\033[0m";

Variables are generally interpolated inside double quotes.

answered May 13, 2010 at 18:30

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Mitch Dempsey Over a year ago

Cool, just be sure to mark the question as answered after the time limit

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