[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize --help
Usage: ./colorize (foreground) OR (foreground)/(background) OR --clean[-all] [-|file]

	Colors (foreground) (background)
		{-} none         none
		{#} [Bb]lack     black
		{#} [Rr]ed       red
		{#} [Gg]reen     green
		{#} [Yy]ellow    yellow
		{#} [Bb]lue      blue
		{#} [Mm]agenta   magenta
		{#} [Cc]yan      cyan
		{#} [Ww]hite     white
		{#} [Dd]efault   default
		{*} [Rr]andom    random [--exclude-random=<foreground color>]

	First character of color name in upper case denotes increased intensity,
	whereas for lower case colors will be of normal intensity.

	Options
		    --attr=ATTR1,ATTR2,...
		    --clean
		    --clean-all
		    --exclude-random=COLOR
		    --omit-color-empty
		-h, --help
		-V, --version

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize cyan /etc/motd

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize cyan /etc/motd | ./colorize --clean

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize Yellow /etc/motd

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize white/blue /etc/motd

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize --exclude-random=black random /etc/motd

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize --attr=bold magenta /etc/motd

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize green /etc/motd | head -n2 | tail -n1
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;

[sts@apollo ~/colorize]$ ./colorize --version
colorize v0.63-5-gadd8a17 (compiled at Feb  1 2018, 17:05:52)
Compiler flags: "-ansi -pedantic "
Linker flags: ""
Preprocessor flags: ""
Buffer size: 4K
Color separator: '/'
Debugging: no