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Colorize your outputs
Since we mostly work with the command-line, we need our output to be more elegant. Here are the main colors you may need to do so. You can always add to this set.
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class String
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def red; colorize(self, "\e[1m\e[31m"); end
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def green; colorize(self, "\e[1m\e[32m"); end
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def dark_green; colorize(self, "\e[32m"); end
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def yellow; colorize(self, "\e[1m\e[33m"); end
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def blue; colorize(self, "\e[1m\e[34m"); end
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def dark_blue; colorize(self, "\e[34m"); end
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def purple; colorize(self, "\e[35m"); end
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def dark_purple; colorize(self, "\e[1;35m"); end
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def cyan; colorize(self, "\e[1;36m"); end
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def dark_cyan; colorize(self, "\e[36m"); end
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def pure; colorize(self, "\e[0m\e[28m"); end
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def bold; colorize(self, "\e[1m"); end
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def colorize(text, color_code) "#{color_code}#{text}\e[0m" end
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end
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All you need is to call the color when you
puts it1
puts "RubyFu".red
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puts "RubyFu".green
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puts "RubyFu".yellow.bold
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To understand this code, let's explain it with a diagram
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\033 [0; 31m
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^ ^ ^
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| | |
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| | |--------------------------------------- [The color number]
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| |-------------------- [The modifier] (ends with "m")
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|-- [Escaped character] | 0 - normal
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(you can use "\e") | 1 - bold
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| 2 - normal again
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| 3 - background color
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| 4 - underline
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| 5 - blinking
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Or you can use an external gem called [colorized] for fancier options
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gem install colorize
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Then just require it in your script
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require 'colorize'
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Overwriting Console Output
It's awesome to have more flexibility in your terminal, and sometimes we need to do more with our scripts.
Overwriting console output makes our applications elegant and less noisy for repeated outputs like counting and loading progress bars.
I've read a how-to about bash Prompt cursor movement and I found it is convenient to have in our scripts. Here's what I've found so far
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- Position the Cursor:
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\033[<L>;<C>H
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Or
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\033[<L>;<C>f
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puts the cursor at line L and column C.
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- Move the cursor up N lines:
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\033[<N>A
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- Move the cursor down N lines:
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\033[<N>B
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- Move the cursor forward N columns:
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\033[<N>C
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- Move the cursor backward N columns:
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\033[<N>D
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- Clear the screen, move to (0,0):
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\033[2J
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- Erase to end of line:
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\033[K
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- Save cursor position:
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\033[s
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- Restore cursor position:
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\033[u
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So to test these I created the following PoC
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
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# KING SABRI | @KINGSABRI
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(1..3).map do |num|
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print "\rNumber: #{num}"
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sleep 0.5
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print ("\033[1B") # Move cursor down 1 line
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​
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('a'..'c').map do |char|
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print "\rCharacter: #{char}"
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print ("\e[K")
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sleep 0.5
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print ("\033[1B") # Move cursor down 1 lines
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​
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('A'..'C').map do |char1|
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print "\rCapital letters: #{char1}"
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print ("\e[K")
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sleep 0.3
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end
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print ("\033[1A") # Move curse up 1 line
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​
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end
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​
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print ("\033[1A") # Move curse up 1 line
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end
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​
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print ("\033[2B") # Move cursor down 2 lines
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​
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puts ""
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So far so good, but why don't we make these as Ruby methods for more elegant usage? So I came up with the following
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# KING SABRI | @KINGSABRI
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class String
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def mv_up(n=1)
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cursor(self, "\033[#{n}A")
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end
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​
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def mv_down(n=1)
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cursor(self, "\033[#{n}B")
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end
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​
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def mv_fw(n=1)
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cursor(self, "\033[#{n}C")
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end
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​
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def mv_bw(n=1)
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cursor(self, "\033[#{n}D")
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end
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​
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def cls_upline
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cursor(self, "\e[K")
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end
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​
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def cls
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# cursor(self, "\033[2J")
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cursor(self, "\e[H\e[2J")
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end
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​
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def save_position
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cursor(self, "\033[s")
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end
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​
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def restore_position
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cursor(self, "\033[u")
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end
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​
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def cursor(text, position)
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"\r#{position}#{text}"
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end
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end
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Then as a PoC, I've used the same previous PoC code (after updating String class on-the-fly in the same script)
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
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# KING SABRI | @KINGSABRI
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# Level 1
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(1..3).map do |num|
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print "\rNumber: #{num}"
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sleep 0.7
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# Level 2
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('a'..'c').map do |char|
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print "Characters: #{char}".mv_down
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sleep 0.5
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# Level 3
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('A'..'C').map do |char1|
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print "Capital: #{char1}".mv_down
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sleep 0.2
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print "".mv_up
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end
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print "".mv_up
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end
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sleep 0.7
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end
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print "".mv_down 3
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It's much more elegant, isn't it? Say yes plz
Some application...
Create Progress Percent
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(1..10).each do |percent|
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print "#{percent*10}% complete\r"
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sleep(0.5)
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print ("\e[K") # Delete current line
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end
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puts "Done!"
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Another example
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(1..5).to_a.reverse.each do |c|
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print "\rI'll exit after #{c} second(s)"
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print "\e[K"
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sleep 1
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end
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Using our elegant way (after updating String class on-the-fly)
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(1..5).to_a.reverse.each do |c|
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print "I'll exit after #{c} second".cls_upline
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sleep 1
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end
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puts
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