coloured node-red console log

# if you don't have it, install ccze
sudo apt-get install -y ccze

# add this alias at the end of your $HOME/.bashrc
# idea from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/raspbian-deb-package/master/resources/node-red-log
alias nrlog="sudo journalctl -f -n 50 -u nodered -o cat | ccze -A"

# source .bashrc, to make the alias available immediately, or just reboot your system...
. $HOME/.bashrc

# use it... open a console (putty on windows, for example), and just launch:
nrlog

# example: http://i.imgur.com/4d7Wh4b.jpg

# a test flow, from: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/node-red/aVeNk4SJik4/Zti_BS8hpK0J

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