Pretty log header using ASCII

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Useful for breaking up large log files

write-heading.sh

echo_heading() {
    local readonly text=$1
    local readonly text_length=${#text}
    local readonly padding_length=$(expr 80 - 2 - ${text_length} / 2)
    local readonly size=$(expr ${padding_length} \* 2 + ${text_length} + 2)

    printf '\n\t\u2554'
    printf '\u2550%.0s' $(seq $size)
    printf '\u2557\n' 

    printf '\t\u2551'
    printf ' %.0s' $(seq $padding_length)
    printf ' %s ' "$text"
    printf ' %.0s' $(seq $padding_length)
    printf '\u2551\n'

    printf '\t\u255A'
    printf '\u2550%.0s' $(seq $size)
    printf '\u255D\n\n'
}

WriteHeading.cs

static void WriteHeading(string text)
{
    var result = new StringBuilder();
    var padding = new string(' ', (80 - 2 - text.Length) / 2);
    var size = padding.Length * 2 + text.Length + 2;
    var middle = new string((char)0x2550, size);

    result.AppendLine();
    result.AppendLine($"\t{(char)0x2554}{middle}{(char)0x2557}");
    result.AppendLine($"\t{(char)0x2551}{padding} {text} {padding}{(char)0x2551}");
    result.AppendLine($"\t{(char)0x255A}{middle}{(char)0x255D}");
    result.AppendLine();

    Console.Write(result.ToString());
}

WriteHeading.ps1

function Write-Heading {
    param($Text)
    $noColor = $Text -replace "`e\[[0-9;]*m", ''
    $padding = ' ' * ((80 - 2 - $noColor.Length) / 2)
    $size = $padding.Length * 2 + $noColor.Length + 2
    Write-Host " `n"
    Write-Host (@("`t", ([string][char]0x2554), (([string][char]0x2550) * $size), ([string][char]0x2557)) -join '')
    Write-Host "`t$(([string][char]0x2551))$padding $Text $padding$([string][char]0x2551)"  
    Write-Host (@("`t", ([string][char]0x255A), (([string][char]0x2550) * $size), ([string][char]0x255D)) -join '')
    Write-Host " `n"
}

function Write-Success {
  param ([string]$Text)
  Write-Host "$Text `e[32m✓`e[0m"
}

function Write-Fail {
  param ([string]$Text)
  Write-Host "$Text `e[31mX`e[0m"
}