Use colors in the shell output

First asign color variables

red='\e[0;31m'
RED='\e[1;31m'
blue='\e[0;34m'
BLUE='\e[1;34m'
cyan='\e[0;36m'
CYAN='\e[1;36m'
NC='\e[0m' # No Color

Color variables with echo

echo ""
echo "Text example with some colors"
echo -e "${RED} Red text ${NC}"
echo -e "${BLUE} Blue text :${NC}"

• Note: echo must be used with the -e parameter to print colors.
• Note: if you don't end the line with ${NC} (No color), all the following echos will keep the last color set

Pause the script, wait for user input

function pause(){
   read -p "$*"
}
 
echo ""
pause "Press a key to continue..."

Assign first and second user input to variables

VARIABLE_USER_INPUT1=$1
VARIABLE_USER_INPUT2=$2

Check if a folder doesn't exists in the system

if [ ! -d "$DIR_VARIABLE" ]; then
  echo "${DIR_VARIABLE} doesn't exists"
fi

Check if a file exists in the system

if [ -f "filename.txt" ]; then
  echo "filename.txt exists"
fi

Check if the user has executed the script with at least one parameter

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
        echo -e "${RED} User hasn't introduced a parameter ${NC}"
else
        echo -e "${CYAN} User has introduced a parameter ${NC}"
fi

Arrays in bash

DIR_ARRAY=('folder1' 'folder2' 'folder3')

Loop an array in bash

for DIR in "${DIR_ARRAY[@]}"
do
        :
        echo "Dirname: ${DIR}"
done