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idsout
3267 days ago
ANSI escape sequences. Your terminal interprets them like move cursor to row x, column y. Set color green. Etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
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rijoja
3266 days ago
Interesting? but why does bash execute the code from standard output instead of simply displaying it to the user?
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sp332
3266 days ago
It's not bash. You can remove the shebang line and cat the file, and it still works. It's simply your terminal interpreting the ANSI codes and displaying the contents of the file.
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