unix echo default argument

Question

In my scripts I nearly always use escape sequences for colours:

R='\e[0m'
g='\e[0;32m'
echo -e "${g}green text${R}"

I'd like to make -e default behaviour so I can omit it. How?

Answer 1

You can setup an alias:

alias echo='echo -e'

With it active, you can omit the -e:

echo "${g}green text${R}"