#!/bin/bash num1=("([0-9])" "\\1" "") alfanum1=("[aA]" "A" "LFA") alfanum2=("[bB]" "B" "RAVO") alfanum3=("[cC]" "C" "HARLIE") alfanum4=("[dD]" "D" "ELTA") alfanum5=("[eE]" "E" "CHO") alfanum6=("[fF]" "F" "OXTROT") alfanum7=("[gG]" "G" "OLF") alfanum8=("[hH]" "H" "OTEL") alfanum9=("[iI]" "I" "NDIA") alfanum10=("[jJ]" "J" "ULIETT") alfanum11=("[kK]" "K" "ILO") alfanum12=("[lL]" "L" "IMA") alfanum13=("[mM]" "M" "IKE") alfanum14=("[nN]" "N" "OVEMBER") alfanum15=("[oO]" "O" "SCAR") alfanum16=("[pP]" "P" "APA") alfanum17=("[qQ]" "Q" "UEBEC") alfanum18=("[rR]" "R" "OMEO") alfanum19=("[sS]" "S" "IERRA") alfanum20=("[tT]" "T" "ANGO") alfanum21=("[uU]" "U" "NIFORM") alfanum22=("[vV]" "V" "ICTOR") alfanum23=("[wW]" "W" "HISKEY") alfanum24=("[xX]" "X" "-RAY") alfanum25=("[yY]" "Y" "ANKEE") alfanum26=("[zZ]" "Z" "ULU") special1=("\*" "\*" "ASTERISK") special2=("\'" "\'" "SINGLE QUOTE") special3=("\"" "\"" "DOUBLE QUOTE") special4=("\^" "\^" "CIRCUMFLEX") special5=("\_" "\_" "UNDERSCORE") special6=("\-" "\-" "HYPHEN") special7=("\&" "\&" "AMPERSAND") special8=("\%" "\%" "PERCENT") special9=("\~" "\~" "TILDE") special10=("\/" "\/" "SLASH") special11=("\\" "\\" "mBACKSLASH") special12=("\(" "\(" "OPENING PARENTHESIS") special13=("\)" "\)" "CLOSING PARENTHESIS") special14=("\[" "\[" "OPENING BRACKET") special15=("\]" "\]" "CLOSING BRACKET") special16=("\{" "\{" "OPENING (CURLY)BRACKET") special17=("\}" "\}" "CLOSING (CURLY)BRACKET") special18=("\<" "\<" "OPENING ANGLE BRACKET") special19=("\>" "\>" "CLOSING ANGLE BRACKET") special20=("\#" "\#" "HASH") special21=("\@" "\@" "AT-SIGN") special22=("\." "\." "DOT") special23=("\," "\," "COMMA") special24=("\:" "\:" "COLON") special25=("\;" "\;" "SEMICOLON") special26=("\?" "\?" "QUESTION MARK") special27=("\!" "\!" "EXCLAMATION MARK") special28=("\+" "\+" "PLUS SIGN") special29=("\=" "\=" "EQUALS") special30=("\ " "\ " "SPACE") special31=("\|" "\|" "PIPE") special32=("\\\\\$" "\\\\\$" "DOLAR") replacearray=( num1[@] alfanum1[@] alfanum2[@] alfanum3[@] alfanum4[@] alfanum5[@] alfanum6[@] alfanum7[@] alfanum8[@] alfanum9[@] alfanum10[@] alfanum11[@] alfanum12[@] alfanum13[@] alfanum14[@] alfanum15[@] alfanum16[@] alfanum17[@] alfanum18[@] alfanum19[@] alfanum20[@] alfanum21[@] alfanum22[@] alfanum23[@] alfanum24[@] alfanum25[@] alfanum26[@] special1[@] special2[@] special3[@] special4[@] special5[@] special6[@] special7[@] special8[@] special9[@] special10[@] special11[@] special12[@] special13[@] special14[@] special15[@] special16[@] special17[@] special18[@] special19[@] special20[@] special21[@] special22[@] special23[@] special24[@] special25[@] special26[@] special27[@] special28[@] special29[@] special30[@] special31[@] special32[@] ) countreplacearray=${#replacearray[@]} for i in $(seq 1 ${#1}) do getstr="$(echo "${1:i-1:1}")" for ((ii=0; ii<${countreplacearray}; ii++)) do chkstr="${!replacearray[ii]:0:1}" echo "${getstr}" | grep -E "^${chkstr}$" -q if [ $? -eq 0 ] then repstr="${!replacearray[ii]:1:1}" fulstr="${!replacearray[ii]:2:1}" echo -e "$(echo "${getstr}" | sed -E "s/^${chkstr}$/\\\\033[1;31m${repstr}\\\\033[00m${fulstr}/")" fi done done