Format your messages with style and colors.

format is a function designed to help you add style and colors in your terminal messages.

Demo generated with termtosvg.

Installation is done with basher:

basher install gitlab.com/shellm/format

format can be used several ways:

1. by directly giving the string to print:

format bold blue onWhite -- " info "

2. by first printing the style and colors, then multiple strings:

format bold red
echo "error: this is not supposed to do that,"
echo "please turn off your computer."
format reset

3. with subprocesses, to use different styles and colors in the same string:

echo "$(format strike)easy$(format bold) very easy$(format reset) to use!"

4. with printf:

printf "%s warning %s your computer will leave the room in 3...2...1...\n" \
  "$(format bold black onIntenseYellow)" \
  "$(format reset)"