#!/bin/bash clear echo "lets move the cursor to the upper right hand corner" echo "using tput cup 0 70" tput cup 0 70 sleep 3 echo -e "\033[7;32mhello\033[0;30m" sleep 2 tput cup 1 65 echo "lets go left" sleep 2 tput cup 5 0 echo "now we're five lines down, at the left hand side" echo "thanks to tput cup 5 0"