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# slightly slower than doing it directly, but nice.
# only used where a complete line will be in a single colour
case "$2" in
black|k)
echo "[01;30m$1[00m"
;;
red|r)
echo "[01;31m$1[00m"
;;
green|g)
echo "[01;32m$1[00m"
;;
yellow|y)
echo "[01;33m$1[00m"
;;
blue|b)
echo "[01;34m$1[00m"
;;
magenta|m)
echo "[01;35m$1[00m"
;;
cyan|c)
echo "[01;36m$1[00m"
;;
white|w)
echo "[01;37m$1[00m"
;;
*)
echo "$1"
;;
esac