#!/bin/bash 
# 
#   This file echoes a bunch of color codes to the 
#   terminal to demonstrate what's available.  Each 
#   line is the color code of one forground color, 
#   out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a 
#   test use of that color on all nine background 
#   colors (default + 8 escapes). 
# 

T='ABC'   # The test text 

echo -e "\n                 40m     41m     42m     43m     44m     45m     46m     47m"; 

for FGs in '    m' '   1m' '  30m' '1;30m' '  31m' '1;31m' '  32m' '1;32m' '  33m' '1;33m' '  34m' '1;34m' '  35m' '1;35m' '  36m' '1;36m' '  37m' '1;37m'; 
  do FG=${FGs// /} 
  echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  " 
  for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m; 
    do echo -en "$EINS \033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m"; 
  done 
  echo; 
done 
exit 1