jonhiggs / cecho

Just like echo but with some colour/color.

cecho

Description

Just like echo but colourful, formatted and stylish.

Requirements

It should run on any Unix OS. If you notice any problems let me know.

Usage

cecho [OPTIONS] [string ...]"

Options

Option	Function
-n	Do not output the trailing newline.
--centre	Centre the text in the terminal.
--right	Align the text to the right side of terminal.
--doublespace	Add spaces between each of the letters
--margin	Set the width of the left and right margins.
--margin-left	Set the width of the left margin.
--margin-right	Set the width of the right margin.
--show-colours	Show available colours.
--background	Set the background colour.
--foreground	Set the background colour.
--black	Shorthand for setting foreground to black.
--blue	Shorthand for setting foreground to blue.
--cyan	Shorthand for setting foreground to cyan.
--dark-blue	Shorthand for setting foreground to dark-blue.
--dark-gray	Shorthand for setting foreground to dark-gray.
--dark-green	Shorthand for setting foreground to dark-green.
--dark-grey	Shorthand for setting foreground to dark-grey.
--green	Shorthand for setting foreground to green.
--grey	Shorthand for setting foreground to grey.
--light-blue	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-blue.
--light-cyan	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-cyan.
--light-green	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-green.
--light-grey	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-grey.
--light-magenta	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-magenta.
--light-red	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-red.
--light-yellow	Shorthand for setting foreground to light-yellow.
--magenta	Shorthand for setting foreground to magenta.
--pink	Shorthand for setting foreground to pink.
--red	Shorthand for setting foreground to red.
--white	Shorthand for setting foreground to white.
--yellow	Shorthand for setting foreground to yellow.
--help	This help.

Examples

Show available colours:
cecho --show-colours

Set foreground to red:
cecho --red "string to echo"

Set background to blue and foreground to white:
cecho --background=blue --foreground=white "string to echo"

Set the background to a specific colour:
cecho --background=170 "string to echo"

Set foreground to red and center in terminal. cecho --centre --red "string to echo"

Set foreground to green and background to gray for part of a line cecho --inline "{F_green}{B_grey}string to{reset} echo"

cecho's Issues

Cannot include text "{}" with `--inline`

When using --inline, empty braces can't be contained in the output.

Migrate to Github Actions

Travis has turned hostile to FOSS projects. Github Actions now exists, so it would be good to migrate.

License

The code in this repository appears to be lacking a license. It would be great if this situation could be resolved.