#!/bin/bash

red=""
green=""
blue="*"
normal=""

#prints a blue message to the screen and the log file
function printlog () {
 echo "$blue $* $normal" | tee -a doit.log
}

#prints an angry red error box
function error_box () {
 let len=`echo $* | wc -c`+7;
 printf "%s%${len}s\n" "$red" "$normal" |tee -a doit.log
 echo "$red $normal $* $red $normal" |tee -a doit.log
 printf "%s%${len}s\n" "$red" "$normal" |tee -a doit.log
}

#prints a happy green success box
function success_box () {
 let len=`echo $* | wc -c`+7;
 printf "%s%${len}s\n" "$green" "$normal" |tee -a doit.log
 echo "$green $normal $* $green $normal" |tee -a doit.log
 printf "%s%${len}s\n" "$green" "$normal" |tee -a doit.log
}

error_box testest

success_box doot