function colorize() { local TEXT=$2 local NO_COLOR="\033[0m" case "$1" in red) local COLOR="\033[31m" ;; green) local COLOR="\033[32m" ;; yellow) local COLOR="\033[33m" ;; blue) local COLOR="\033[34m" ;; magenta) local COLOR="\033[35m" ;; cyan) local COLOR="\033[36m" ;; esac echo -e "${COLOR}${TEXT}${NO_COLOR}" }