[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
--clean
--clean-all
--exclude-random
-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 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 v0.59-16-gf340b58 (compiled at Mar 18 2017, 00:08:31)
Compiler flags: "-ansi -pedantic "
Linker flags: ""
Preprocessor flags: ""
Buffer size: 4K
Color separator: '/'
Debugging: no