title: coloring tail output bash
body: <p>I have a chat script wich is using</p>
  
  <pre><code>tail -f chatlog.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to display the chat. The messages are writen so that when you echo it, it outputs as colored text.</p>
  
  <p>chatlog.txt:</p>
  
  <pre><code>20:39 \033[4;33musername\033[0m: sowith all of my experiance
  20:39 \033[4;33musername\033[0m: we shall proveil
  20:40 \033[4;33musername\033[0m: the taxi jobs are very
  20:40 \033[4;33musername\033[0m: yes
  21:02 \033[4;34mJacob\033[0m has joined the chat!
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>if i display using this code it works fine:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var=$(tail chatlog.txt)
  echo -e "$var"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yD7Ff.png" alt="output of the code">
  But if i display it with <code>tail -f chatlog.txt</code> there is no color. I have tried other solutions but none seemed to work. </p>