Beau E. Cox wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Daryl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:49 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: On STDOUT show matched words in color >> --On 13 February 2003 22:11 -0800 "Alan C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Windows to have Perl search a text file and display all of >> the file on >>> STDOUT but the matched words to show in color. >>> I can do some regex. But I haven't a clue about how to color >>> matched words or if it can be done on Windows. I know the Vim >>> editor can do that. But I want to accomplish it on STDOUT using >>> Perl. >>> STDOUT is what normally prints to the command prompt screen, right? >> >> Yup, STDOUT is to the screen, unless reassigned. >> As for printing in colour - I don't believe that the windows command >> processor, ie cmd.exe, is capable of printing in colour. You >> could install >> Cygwin(some unix tools for windows) & use bash(an alternative shell) >> in place of the standard windows shell, that may work. >> >> Hope thats of some help >> >> Daryl > > Or you could use 'Win32::Console' (packaged with ActivePerl). > You can assert complete control of the screen with this > module. See the docs. > > Aloha => Beau.
Or, for a 'lite' version, Term::ANSIColor. Cheers, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
