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* Re: Adding --color option to script?
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@ 2011-03-10 22:18   ` Philip Prindeville
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From: Philip Prindeville @ 2011-03-10 22:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Karel Zak; +Cc: util-linux

On 12/30/10 4:03 PM, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 02:25:02PM -0800, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>> I would love to see an option like --color which used terminal
>> colors to highlight STDERR output (or, in a pinch, maybe bold it on
>> terminals that don't support color... if they still exist).
>   The script(1) command does not work on this level. It reads data
>   directly from master side of the terminal. It means that we are not
>   able to distinguish between stdout and stderr.
>
>> Sound reasonable?
>   Yes, but I don't see a way how to implement it.
>
>      Karel
>

I just realized...  it can be done by having two ptys, one for stdin/stdout, and another just for stderr.

-Philip


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