#!/usr/bin/python import random import sys import commands colors = ["red", "green", "yellow", "blue", "magenta", "cyan", "white"] for line in sys.stdin: echostring = "" line = line.rstrip(); for x in line: if x == '\\': x = '\\\\' colorname = colors[random.randint(0,6)] echostring += "$(color lt" + colorname +")" + x echostring += "$(color off)" o = commands.getoutput('echo "' + echostring + '"') print o.rstrip()