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As per a comment and an edited question by Jimmy Dean (posted on the day after this answer was posted - to clarify the point), this answer now does not match the updated question's desired output which Jimmy Dean. states is that the tabulated output should show only the fruit name green_apple in colour

Peter.O
– Peter.O

2015-06-01 03:47:28 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 3:47
This is great! This has been a pain point for a while. Note that this breaks on $(tput sgr0) (and $(tput -T ansi sgr0)) which I usually use as a reset. Not sure if there's an easy fix for that. (I don't actually know how to see what $(tput sgr0) is actually sending.)

Sasgorilla
– Sasgorilla

2021-05-08 19:00:08 +00:00
Commented May 8, 2021 at 19:00

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