cecho

A command-line tool that makes it easier to print colorized text:

cecho 'My {cyan: hovercraft} is {red underline: full of eels}!'

Installation

bin/install [--path <path>]

Options

• -n - Suppress the trailing newline
• --help - Show help message with all formatting options and examples

Usage

# Basic usage
cecho 'Hello world!'

# Colored text
cecho 'This is {red: red text}'
cecho 'Status: {green: SUCCESS}'

# Styled text
cecho 'This is {bold: important}'
cecho 'This is {italic: emphasized}'
cecho 'This is {underline: underlined}'

# Combined formatting
cecho 'This is {red bold: very important}'
cecho 'Warning: {yellow bold underline: critical issue}'

# Multiple formatted sections
cecho 'Hello {cyan: world}, this is {red: amazing}!'
cecho 'Status: {green: PASSED} - {blue: 42 tests} completed'

# Log-style output
cecho '[{green: INFO}] Application started'
cecho '[{yellow: WARN}] Connection timeout'
cecho '[{red: ERROR}] {red bold: Critical failure}'

# Suppress newline
cecho -n 'Loading{cyan: ...}'

Demo

Run ./demo.sh for a demo. Here's a (potentially out-of-date) demo run:

Formatting Options

Colors

• black, blue, cyan, green, magenta, red, white, yellow

Styles

• blink, bold, dim, italic, reverse, strikethrough, underline

Combining Formats

Multiple formats can be combined with spaces:

• {red bold: text} - Red and bold
• {blue underline: text} - Blue and underlined
• {yellow bold underline: text} - Yellow, bold, and underlined

Help

For a complete list of options, formatting choices, and examples, run:

cecho --help

License

MIT license