#!/bin/bash c1="\xe2\x95\x94" c2="\xe2\x95\x97" c3="\xe2\x95\x9a" c4="\xe2\x95\x9d" side="\xe2\x95\x91" height="10" length="50" l="\xe2\x95\x90" line=$(printf "$l%.0s" `seq 1 $length`) #f="\xe2\x96\xa3" f=" " #blank fill=$(printf "$f%.0s" `seq 1 $length`) echo -e "${c1}${line}${c2}" printf "${side}${fill}${side}%.0s\n" `seq 1 $height` echo -e "${c3}${line}${c4}"