styled-printf

Do you want to add some styles 🎨 to the output of your bash printf commands? Use this custom script and make the output of that printf look fanzy :bowtie:

How install

Using Yarn

yarn add styled-printf

Using NPM:

npm i styled-printf

How to use

The styled-printf command is like printf (in fact it's a function wrapping printf) that allows you to easily set the text styling, color and background color for the output.

Usage:

styled-printf [-s <text format>] [--style <text format>]
  [-c <color>] [--color <color>]
  [-b <color>] [-background-color <color>]
  format [argument]

Options:

| Option | Description | Values | | ------ | --- | --- | | -s | --style | Text formatting | normal | bold | dim | italics | underline | blink | reverse | hidden | password | | -c | --color | Text color | default | white | black | red | green | yellow | blue | magenta | cyan | gray | light-red | light-green | light-yellow | light-blue | light-magenta | light-cyan | light-gray | or a number between0 and 256 | | | -b | --background-color | Background color | default | white | black | red | green | yellow | blue | magenta | cyan | gray | light-red | light-green | light-yellow | light-blue | light-magenta | light-cyan | light-gray | or a number between0 and 256 | |

Example

styled-printf -s bold -c blue -b yellow "%s\n" "This text is bold, red and has a blue background"

Other flags:

| -h | --help | Display the help documentation | | ------- | ------- | | -t | --test | Test all the different styles in your bash terminal |