How to change the output color of echo in Linux

Question

I am trying to print a text in the terminal using echo command.

I want to print the text in a red color. How can I do that?

Answer 1

echo -e "\033[31m Hello World"

The [31m controls the text color:

• 30-37 sets foreground color
• 40-47 sets background color

A more complete list of color codes can be found here.

It is good practice to reset the text color back to \033[0m at the end of the string.