color

Color is a small CLI application which provides the ability style text from the standard input.

Installation

To build use:

git clone https://github.com/adrg/color.git
cd color
make

To install system wide use:

sudo make install

To uninstall use:

sudo make uninstall

Usage

input | color [-h] [-v] STYLE...

Input format

Parameters can be specified in the input text with '{index}' where index is a positive number less than the number of styles passed in to color. Parameter indices can be repeated. To reset the current style use '{r}'. A reset is automatically applied before each parameter occurence in the input text. The last '{r}' in the can be omitted as a reset is done at the end of the input.

Style format

foreground:background+attributes

Colors

black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white

Attributes

b - Bold
d - Dim
i - Italic
u - Underline
B - Blink
f - Fast blink
r - Reverse
h - Hidden
c - Crossed out

Examples

echo "{0}green fg" | color green
echo "{0}blue bg{r}, default bg" | color :blue
echo "{0}yellow fg{r}, default fg, {0}yellow fg again" | color yellow
echo "{0}green fg, red bg, bold" | color green:red+b
echo "{0}underline{r}, {1}bold{r} and {2}reverse" | color +u +b +r
echo "{0}blue fg, red bg, bold, reverse" | color blue:red+br

Contributing

Contributions in the form of pull requests, issues or just general feedback, are always welcome.
See CONTRIBUTING.MD.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.