Couldn't you do something like this instead? echo "$(tput setaf 1)Starting process$(tput sgr0)" echo " $(tput setaf 2)Process $(tput bold)complete$(tp

Couldn't you do something like this instead? echo "$(tput setaf 1)Starting process$(tput sgr0)" echo " $(tput setaf 2)Process $(tput bold)complete$(tput sgr0)"