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"