Note: There is a more heavy version of this project with more features written in Go. Check it out: alexcoder04/golored.
shclrz (as in SHell CoLoRiZer) is a simple shell script with
the goal to simplify creating colored output in the shell. You don't need to
remember the ANSI escape sequences anymore, you can just pipe your text into
shclrz and the output will be colored.
shclrz [OPTIONS]
| option | alternative | function |
|---|---|---|
-h |
--help |
print help |
-v |
--version |
print program version |
-i |
--info |
print color codes |
-s SOURCE_FILE |
--source-file SOURCE_FILE |
read from file |
-f COLOR |
--foreground COLOR |
specify foreground color |
-b COLOR |
--background COLOR |
specify background color |
-F FORMATTING |
--formatting OPTION |
specify formatting option |
shclrz -f red -F underline <file.txt
Outputs the content of file.txt underlined and with red foreground.
ls | shclrz -b blue
Colors the output of ls with blue background.
black, blue, red, magenta, green, cyan, yellow, white
bold, dim, italic, underline
You can also source shclrz. In that case, it will define a colorize function, into which you can pipe text which then will be colored.
You can control the formatting with following variables: $SHCLRZ_FOREGOUND, $SHCLRZ_BACKGROUND, $SHCLRZ_FORMATTING.
These variables have to be set to the number of the color/options; these numbers are available in shclrz --info.
Also, it defines variables for all the colors and formatting options. Example:
source shclrz # red foreground echo -e "${FG_RED}Hello World${RESET}" # -e flag is only necessary for Bash, not for POSIX shells # blue background echo -e "${BG_BLUE}Hello World${RESET}" # bold text echo -e "${FRM_BOLD}Hello World${RESET}"
FG_BLACK, FG_RED, FG_GREEN, FG_YELLOW, FG_BLUE, FG_MAGENTA, FG_CYAN, FG_WHITE
BG_BLACK, BG_RED, BG_GREEN, BG_YELLOW, BG_BLUE, BG_MAGENTA, BG_CYAN, BG_WHITE
FRM_BOLD, FRM_DIM, FRM_ITALIC, FRM_UNDERLINE
RESET
This project is available on the AUR as shclrz. Either install it manually or use an AUR helper of your choice.
- Download the latest version of shclrz from the releases page.
tar xf shclrz-*.tar.gzsudo make install
On Arch-based distros:
sudo pacman -R shclrz`On other distros:
sudo rm -rfv /usr/bin/shclrz /usr/share/doc/shclrz /usr/share/licenses/shclrz /usr/share/man/man1/shclrz.1
Finally we have a program that is more difficult to pronounce as sxhkd! However just say "shell colorizer", that's easier...