[Help-bash] color in bash read builtin prompt

[Patrick Byrne]

Hi,

I am finding that color codes are not recognised in a 'read' prompt:
read -e -p "\x1b[31mtarget_dir:${rst} " -i "${default_target_dir}"
target_dir

output:
^[[0;31;40mtarget_dir:\x1b[0m /home/digital/python_1411

Is there a way around this please?


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Patrick Byrne