"/home/yossef/notes/git/scripts/cecho.md"

path: git/scripts/cecho.md

- **fileName**: cecho
- **Created on**: 2025-03-26 14:07:45

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Define color variables
RED='\e[31m'
GREEN='\e[32m'
YELLOW='\e[33m'
BLUE='\e[34m'
RESET='\e[0m'

# cecho function:
# It takes a message (which can have spaces) and a color (optional,
#    defaults to reset).
cecho() {
    local message
    local color
    local color_code

    # Check if the last argument is a recognized color
    case "${!#}" in
        red|green|yellow|blue)
            color="${!#}"
            message="${@:1:$#-1}"
            ;;
        *)
            color="reset"  # Default color if none provided
            message="$*"   # Take all arguments as message
            ;;
    esac

    # Map the color to its corresponding code
    case "$color" in
        red) color_code="$RED" ;;
        green) color_code="$GREEN" ;;
        yellow) color_code="$YELLOW" ;;
        blue) color_code="$BLUE" ;;
        *) color_code="$RESET" ;;  # Default to no color if unrecognized
    esac

    # Print the message prefixed with "==>" in the selected color, then reset
    printf "${color_code}==> %s${RESET}\n" "$message <=="
}

cecho $1 $2

continue:./cpkm.md
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