How does one output bold text in Bash?

Question

I\'m writing a Bash script that prints some text to the screen:

echo \"Some Text\"

Can I format the text? I would like to make it bold.

Answer 1

In theory like so:

# BOLD
$ echo -e "\033[1mThis is a BOLD line\033[0m"
This is a BOLD line

# Using tput
tput bold 
echo "This" #BOLD
tput sgr0 #Reset text attributes to normal without clear.
echo "This" #NORMAL

# UNDERLINE
$ echo -e "\033[4mThis is a underlined line.\033[0m"
This is a underlined line. 

But in practice it may be interpreted as "high intensity" color instead.

(source: http://unstableme.blogspot.com/2008/01/ansi-escape-sequences-for-writing-text.html)