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+#!/bin/sh
+# https://gist.github.com/esundahl/1651086
+
+function color_test {
+    # Daniel Crisman's ANSI color chart script from
+    # The Bash Prompt HOWTO: 6.1. Colours
+    # http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html
+    #
+    # This function 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='gYw' # 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
+    echo
+}
+
+color_test
+