#!/bin/bash
## Specify color to write in using arguments

function --help {
cat << EOF

ERROR: $0 requires a color argument.

USAGE: Changes the color of the text piped into it.

These color arguments are availabe:

    ARGUMENT    SHORTCUT
    white   ------  w
    red ------  r
    green   ------  g
    yellow  ------  y
    blue    ------  b
    violet  ------  v
    teal    ------  t

    bold    ------  bb

The "bold" argument will modify any color.
Use a max of 2 arguments (one color and bold).

EOF
}

function bold {
# make the color bold
BOLD=1;
}

function white {
COLOR=1
}

function red {
COLOR=31
}

function green {
COLOR=32
}

function yellow {
COLOR=33
}

function blue {
COLOR=34
}

function violet {
COLOR=35
}

function teal {
COLOR=36
}


## shortcuts
function bb {
bold
}
function w {
white
}
function r {
red
}
function g {
green
}
function y {
yellow
}
function b {
blue
}
function v {
violet
}
function t {
teal
}
function o {
red
bold
}

## Execution

if [ "$#" = 0 ]
then
--help
fi

while (($#));
    do
        $1
        shift
    done

echo -n "["$BOLD""$COLOR"m"
cat
echo -n "[0m"

$ infocmp | grep colors
        colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#256,