Re: Changing colouring through a line of text

[alex xmb ratchev]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 19:07 Bipul kumar <bipul.opensource@gmail.com> wrote:

> *if u want to colorize lots of already existing output ( not generating ..
> ) i suggest g/awk*
> Based on my understanding, it seems that the issue you've presented
> regarding text coloring can be addressed using higher-level programming
> languages that are not limited to bash or awk, and this is my perception of
> the matter.
>

i dont get that english sentense ..
i just commented to use g/awk for speed , cause bash read and chained cmds
are slow
i remember i did a mplayer output colorizer around year 2003 , noob gawk ,
my unix coding beginnings

greets

    Respectfully,
>     Bipul
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>                     ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:36 PM alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 08:17 alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 05:16 Bipul kumar <bipul.opensource@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I apologize for my mistake in sending you the wrong image earlier.
>>>> Things have been a bit hectic here, but I have set aside two hours to
>>>> address your concerns and debug the code.
>>>> Please find the  correct code and I hope that it will resolve your
>>>> issue.
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > marinex-ndic ()  {
>>>> > local -r rst="$( tput sgr0 )"  # Default Graphic Rendition
>>>> > local -r blu="$( tput bold; tput setaf 39 )"  # BLUE
>>>> > local -r wht="$( tput bold; tput setaf 15 )"  # WHITE
>>>> > printf '%s\n' "$2"      | while IFS="" read -r vl
>>>> > do
>>>> > printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${blu}" "$(echo $vl | cut -c 1-$1)" "${wht}"
>>>> > "$(echo $vl | cut -c $(($1+1))-)" "${rst}"
>>>> > done
>>>> > }
>>>>
>>>
>>> code without $( .. )
>>>
>>
>> if u want to colorize lots of already existing output ( not generating ..
>> ) i suggest g/awk
>>
>> IFS=$' \t\n' \
>>> b=$( tput bold ; tput setaf 39 ) r=$( tput sgr0 )
>>>
>>>  mark() {
>>> till=$1 flat=${*: 2}
>>> printf "$r$b%s$r%s\\n" "${flat: :till}" "${flat: till}"
>>>  }
>>>
>>> mark 3 123456
>>>
>>> Apart, I would suggest that you should add some error handling into this
>>>> script to prevent any further mishaps.
>>>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>>>
>>>>     Respectfully,
>>>>     Bipul
>>>>     PUBLIC KEY <http://ix.io/1nWf>
>>>>     97F0 2E08 7DE7 D538 BDFA  B708 86D8 BE27 8196 D466
>>>>                     ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:43 AM uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > ------- Original Message -------
>>>> > On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 2:52 AM, Bipul kumar <
>>>> > bipul.opensource@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > sorry the wrong image has been sent out mistakenlyPlease find the
>>>> > correct one
>>>> > >
>>>> > > [Client-looking.png]
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Hope it works to your end.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Respectfully,
>>>> > > Bipul
>>>> > > PUBLIC KEY
>>>> > > 97F0 2E08 7DE7 D538 BDFA B708 86D8 BE27 8196 D466
>>>> > > ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 8:19 PM Bipul kumar <
>>>> bipul.opensource@gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > Hi
>>>> > > > If I understand correctly, you want to enter two things: a number
>>>> > indicating the number of columns you want, and a string.
>>>> > > > You want to print the beginning of the string up to the specified
>>>> > number of columns in blue and the rest of the string in white.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > At this point of your code ** printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${blu}" "$vl"
>>>> > "$wht" "$vl" "${rst}" **
>>>> > > > you should modify your code to retrieve output by utilizing the
>>>> > specified range mentioned in the 1st argument (i.e., 18 in your
>>>> case).Then,
>>>> > you need to print it using the reference of shell variables (e.g.,
>>>> blue and
>>>> > white) that you defined earlier in your code for foreground.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > For example here in this picture
>>>> > > > https: // ibb.co/0CQbXgc
>>>> > > > https://ibb.co/0CQbXgc
>>>> > > > [faceoff.jpeg]
>>>> > > > To retrieve the desired string for the blue and white outputs, I
>>>> have
>>>> > used the cut command in a subshell.
>>>> > > > This command is applied to the input string provided as the second
>>>> > argument to the function.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Respectfully,
>>>> > > > Bipul
>>>> > > > PUBLIC KEY
>>>> > > > 97F0 2E08 7DE7 D538 BDFA B708 86D8 BE27 8196 D466
>>>> > > > ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 8:58 PM uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > > I am doing a bash function that takes a multiline string and
>>>> prints
>>>> > each line. The first part of each line uses a blue foreground,
>>>> whereas the
>>>> > rest of each line uses a white foreground.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I want to have the user define a column number from which the
>>>> > foreground colour on each line changes to white.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I need help to do this.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > The input string would be
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > str='
>>>> > > > > marinex-dgrul Digit
>>>> > > > > marinex-ltrul Letter
>>>> > > > > marinex-nmrul Numeric'
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > Then one would call
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > marinex-ndic 18 "$str"
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > The plan is to have the beginning of each line being blue,
>>>> whilst
>>>> > from column number 18 the colour changes to white.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > marinex-ndic ()
>>>> > > > > {
>>>> > > > > ## Show coloured and label
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > local -r rst="$( tput sgr0 )" # Default Graphic Rendition
>>>> > > > > local -r blu="$( tput bold; tput setaf 39 )" # BLUE
>>>> > > > > local -r wht="$( tput bold; tput setaf 15 )" # WHITE
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > printf '%s\n' "$@" \
>>>> > > > > | while IFS="" read -r vl; do
>>>> > > > > printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${blu}" "$vl" "$wht" "$vl" "${rst}"
>>>> > > > > done
>>>> > > > > }
>>>> >
>>>> > Thought it was a joke.
>>>>
>>>