#bash #python

color printing

with background
format \prefix[font_type;color;bgcolor+suffix
witout background
format \prefix[font_type;color+suffix


no color   ---------------------------------------|
suffix     -----------------|                     |
background ---------------| |                     |
font color ----------|  | | |                     |
font type  ----------|  | | |                     |
prefix     ----------|  | | |                     |
python - print('\x1b[1;30;47m', "whatever", '\x1b[0m')
bash   - echo  '\x1b[1;30;47m', "whatever", '\x1b[0m'

color | foregr | backgr
-----------------------
nocolor |  0m
gray    | 30  | 40
red     | 31  | 41
green   | 32  | 42
yellow  | 33  | 43
blue    | 34  | 44
purple  | 35  | 45
cyan    | 36  | 46
white   | 37  | 47

font types
------------------------
normal 0
bold   1
dark?  2
italic 3
uscore 4
blink  5
light  6
invert 7
bgcol  8
strike 9

RESET="\x1b[0m"
GRAY="\x1b[0;30m"
B_GRAY="\x1b[1;30m"
RED="\x1b[0;31m"
B_RED="\x1b[1;31m"
GREEN="\x1b[0;32m"
B_GREEN="\x1b[1;32m"
YELLOW="\x1b[0;33m"
B_YELLOW="\x1b[1;33m"
BLUE="\x1b[0;34m"
B_BLUE="\x1b[1;34m"
PURPLE="\x1b[0;35m"
B_PURPLE="\x1b[1;35m"
CYAN="\x1b[0;36m"
B_CYAN="\x1b[1;36m"
WHITE="\x1b[0;37M"
B_WHITE="\x1b[1;37M"

simple python class to colorize text, save as colors.py and import from your script
class Colors(object):
    def color(self, hue, weight = 0):
        """
        Usage:
            import colors
            c = Colors()
            print(c.color("red"), "input", c.clear())

            for bold/bright font use:
            print(c.color("red", 1), "input", c.clear())

        Available colors:
        BLUE
        CYAN
        GRAY
        GREEN
        PURPLE
        RED
        WHITE
        YELLOW
        """
        self.hue = hue
        self.weight = weight
        hue = hue.upper()
        colors = ["GRAY", "RED", "GREEN", "YELLOW", "BLUE", "PURPLE", "CYAN", "WHITE"]
        color_prefix = str("\x1b[0m")
        if weight:
            color_prefix = str("\x1b[1m")
        color_no = "\x1b[" + str(30 + colors.index(hue)) + "m"
        color = color_prefix + color_no
        return color

    def clear(self):
        return "\x1b[0m"