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printf and tput can also be used to handle the coloring without worrying about the backslash issue. tput is a command that can be used to set terminal attributes, including colors, and it handles e...
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2025-04-28T13:52:02Z (10 days ago)
`printf` and `tput` can also be used to handle the coloring without worrying about the backslash issue. `tput` is a command that can be used to set terminal attributes, including colors, and it handles escape sequences more _cleanly_.
```bash
printf "%s$(tput setaf 9)NOTE$(tput sgr0)\n" "${var}"
```
This avoids the problem of backslashes being misinterpreted and works regardless of the content of `$var`.