Sorry, just need to see if this is editable ... if so ... instand hardon

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-tip-prompt/
http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1753219&tid=47&tid=89
http://viewglob.sourceforge.net/

setterm -foreground red -background green
setterm -reset