colors-cli

Terminal string styling done right. ಠ_ಠ

Install with npm:

npm install colors-cli --save-dev

Styles

bold、 faint、 italic、 underline、 blink、 overline、 inverse、 conceal、 strike、

Colors

Foreground	Background		Bright Foreground	Bright Background
black	black_b		black_bt	black_bbt
red	red_b		red_bt	red_bbt
green	green_b		green_bt	green_bbt
yellow	yellow_b		yellow_bt	yellow_bbt
blue	blue_b		blue_bt	blue_bbt
magenta	magenta_b		magenta_bt	magenta_bbt
cyan	cyan_b		cyan_bt	cyan_bbt
white	white_b		white_bt	white_bbt

Basic usage:

Output colored text:

var color = require('colors-cli')
console.log( color.red('hello') )

Best way is to predefine needed stylings and then use it:

var error = color.red.bold;
var warn = color.yellow;
var notice = color.blue;
console.log(error('Error!'));
console.log(warn('Warning'));
console.log(notice('Notice'));

Styles can be mixed:

var color = require('colors-cli/safe')
console.log( color.red.bold.underline('hello') )

require('colors-cli/toxic')
console.log( 'hello'.green );
console.log( 'hello'.green.black_b.underline );

ANSI 256 colors

Support ANSI 256 colors. [0 - 255], The rules of method name.

• Foreground x32
• Background xb32

var color = require('colors-cli/safe')
console.log( color.x45.bold.underline('hello') )

require('colors-cli/toxic')
console.log( 'hello'.x23.underline );
console.log( 'hello'.green.xb34.underline );

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Use the command line

 Usage: colors

 Options:

   --black  => black
   --black_b  => black_b
   --red  => red
   ...

 Examples:

   colors --red "\nhello world" --bold,underline,yellow "wcj"
   colors --green,bold "\nhello world"
   colors --x12,bold "hello world"

Reference

• The opaque named colors
• ANSI escape code

The ANSI Escape sequences control code screen.

echo -e "\033[31;41;4m something here 33[0m"

\033 As the escape character, inform the terminal to switch to the escape mode.
[ The beginning of the CSI.
m Make the action to be performed.
; ASCII code separator.