pipetext 0.2.5

Easily add colors, boxes, repetitions and emojis to your terminal output using pipes (|).

Install using the Ruby Gem:

> gem install pipetext

Includes a library module which can be included in your code:

require 'pipetext'

class YellowPrinter
  include PipeText
  def print(string)
    write('|Y' + string + '|n')
  end
end

printer = YellowPrinter.new
printer.print('This is yellow')

The gem includes a command line interface too:

> pipetext

> pipetext '|Ccyan|n'

Easily set your bash prompt colors using pipetext:

> PS1=$(pipetext '|g\u|n@|g\h|n:|g\w|n$ ')

Works with files:

> pipetext <filename>

Works with pipes too:

> echo '|RRed test |u1f49c|n' | pipetext

| pipe  ||  & ampersand    &&  Toggle (&) background color mode  |&
smoke   |s  white          |W  black text on white background    |k&w
red     |r  bright red     |R  red background      &r
green   |g  bright green   |G  green background    &g
blue    |b  bright blue    |B  blue background     &b
cyan    |c  bright cyan    |C  cyan background     &c
yellow  |y  bright yellow  |Y  yellow background   &y
magenta |m  bright magenta |M  magenta background  &m

Hex RGB color codes:    Foreground |#RRGGBB  Background      &#RRGGBB
Palette colors (256) using Hex:    |p33&pF8  Clear Screen    |!
black with white background        |K&w      Blinking        |@
white with magenta background      |w&m      invert          |i
smoke with green background        |s&g      Underlined      |_
red with cyan background           |r&c      Italics         |~
bright red with blue background    |R&b      Bold            |+
green with yellow background       |g&y      Faint           |.
bright green with red background   |G&r      Crossed out     |x
normal color and background        |n&n      Escape Sequence |\

Center text using current position and line end number       |{text to center}
Add spaces to line end             |;         Set line end   |]#
Set current x,y cursor position    |[x,y]     Terminal bell  |[bell]
Move cursor up 1 line              |^         Hide cursor    |h
Move cursor down 1 line            |v         Unhide cursor  |H
Move cursor forward 1 character    |>         Sleep timer in seconds      |[#s]
Move cursor back 1 character       |<         Sleep timer in milliseconds |[#ms]
Capture variable  |(variable name=data)       Display variable        |(variable name)
Add to variable   |(variable name+=data)      Subtract from variable  |(variable name-=data)
Multiple variable |(variable name*=data)      Divide variable         |(variable name/=data)
Copy variable to current number    |(#variable name)

|$ toggles [ and ] around empty sequences automatically for bash command prompts

Emojis:  https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html
       |[Abbreviated CLDR Short Name]     😍 |[smiling face with heart-eyes] or
    ⚙  |[gear]   💤 |[zzz]   👨 |[man]    😍 |[sm f w he e]
    ✔  |U2714    ❌ |U274c    ☮ |u262E    💎 |u1f48e    💜 |u1f49c

Single or double line box mode with |- or |=

               ┌──┬──┐ ╔══╦══╗ +--+--+  <-- Draw this with this:  |15 |-[--v--] |=[--v--] |o[--v--]
               │  │  │ ║  ║  ║ |  |  |                            |15 |-!  !  ! |=!  !  ! |o!  !  !
123456789012345├──┴──┤ ╠══╩══╣ +--+--+           |y1234567890|g12345|n|->--^--< |=>--^--< |o>--^--< 
15 Spaces      │     │ ║     ║ |     |                |c15|n Spaces|6 |-!     ! |=!     ! |o!     !
(|15 )         └─────┘ ╚═════╝ +-----+                      (||15 )|9 |-{-----} |={-----} |o{-----}

┌──────────────────┐    ╔════════════════════╗            |-[|18-]|4 |g&m|=[|20-]|n&n|O
│                  │    ║                    ║            |-!|18 !|4 |g&m|=!|20 !|n&n|O
├──────────────────┤    ╠════════════════════╣            |->|18-<|4 &m|g|=>|20-<|n&n|O
│                  │    ║                    ║            |-!|18 !|4 |g&m|=!|20 !|n&n|O
└──────────────────┘    ╚════════════════════╝            |-{|18-}|4 |g&m|={|20-}|n&n|O

Repetition using | followed by the number of characters to repeat and then the character to repeat.
|15* does the * character 15 times like this: ***************

Use the pipetext command to see other options and examples.