Colorizing console ruby script output.
Ruby print to console with color.
The puts function also displays output.
Coloring your terminal output in a command line application can make a big difference in readability.
Posted by dmytro shteflyuk on march 23 2007 under ruby rails.
However puts automatically inserts a newline at the end of the line being printed.
Colorize works by adding the ansi escape characters to set colors.
You can access it from the window menu.
Print apple print apple n the print method prints two consecutive apple strings to the terminal.
Perform basic tasks on the ruby console using ruby code.
The difference between the two is that the latter adds a new line character.
We will use the colorize gem which works in linux mac and windows too.
Note that print does not do the same.
Usr bin ruby print apple print apple n puts orange puts orange the print and puts methods produce textual output on the console.
This will show you how to format your text in a ruby application.
Colors the letters of the given text with the specified color color must be an integer from 0 255 representing an 8 bit color.
Sure messing with built ins is bad agree 100 but no deployed code should contain console log statements.
When light colors are used for background in a text rather than graphic display mode they are displayed as standard dim colors and the foreground color flashes.
Access the ruby console and use it to execute code.
Device 6 is similar to the standard console output device 0 but it supports color.
The ruby print function is used to display output on the screen.
Open up sketchup and find the ruby console.
Generally useful if you want to color the text with very specific colors.
Very often i have to implement console scripts because of my laziness for boring processes optimization.
For a list of 8 bit colors check here.
Requires 8 bit color support from the console.
Use the ruby api documentation to learn more about specific api classes modules and methods.
While i agree that mattjohnson s answer overriding the util inpect method s default colors see below is better than using the colors module the colors module requires zero setup and fits the needs of the vast majority of users which is simply changing color of console log output.
