Re: Changing colouring through a line of text

[Bipul kumar]

 I am stating that the text processing problem you have shared can be
resolved using any high-level programming language

    Respectfully,
    Bipul
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                    ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **


On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 1:39 AM alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 19:07 Bipul kumar <bipul.opensource@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> *if u want to colorize lots of already existing output ( not generating
>> .. ) i suggest g/awk*
>> Based on my understanding, it seems that the issue you've presented
>> regarding text coloring can be addressed using higher-level programming
>> languages that are not limited to bash or awk, and this is my perception of
>> the matter.
>>
>
> i dont get that english sentense ..
> i just commented to use g/awk for speed , cause bash read and chained cmds
> are slow
> i remember i did a mplayer output colorizer around year 2003 , noob gawk ,
> my unix coding beginnings
>


> > I am stating that the text processing problem you have shared can be
> resolved using any high-level programming language
>
greets
>
>     Respectfully,
>>     Bipul
>>     PUBLIC KEY <http://ix.io/1nWf>
>>     97F0 2E08 7DE7 D538 BDFA  B708 86D8 BE27 8196 D466
>>                     ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:36 PM alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 08:17 alex xmb ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 05:16 Bipul kumar <bipul.opensource@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I apologize for my mistake in sending you the wrong image earlier.
>>>>> Things have been a bit hectic here, but I have set aside two hours to
>>>>> address your concerns and debug the code.
>>>>> Please find the  correct code and I hope that it will resolve your
>>>>> issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > marinex-ndic ()  {
>>>>> > local -r rst="$( tput sgr0 )"  # Default Graphic Rendition
>>>>> > local -r blu="$( tput bold; tput setaf 39 )"  # BLUE
>>>>> > local -r wht="$( tput bold; tput setaf 15 )"  # WHITE
>>>>> > printf '%s\n' "$2"      | while IFS="" read -r vl
>>>>> > do
>>>>> > printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${blu}" "$(echo $vl | cut -c 1-$1)" "${wht}"
>>>>> > "$(echo $vl | cut -c $(($1+1))-)" "${rst}"
>>>>> > done
>>>>> > }
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> code without $( .. )
>>>>
>>>
>>> if u want to colorize lots of already existing output ( not generating
>>> .. ) i suggest g/awk
>>>
>>> IFS=$' \t\n' \
>>>> b=$( tput bold ; tput setaf 39 ) r=$( tput sgr0 )
>>>>
>>>>  mark() {
>>>> till=$1 flat=${*: 2}
>>>> printf "$r$b%s$r%s\\n" "${flat: :till}" "${flat: till}"
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>> mark 3 123456
>>>>
>>>> Apart, I would suggest that you should add some error handling into this
>>>>> script to prevent any further mishaps.
>>>>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Respectfully,
>>>>>     Bipul
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>>>>>                     ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:43 AM uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > ------- Original Message -------
>>>>> > On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 2:52 AM, Bipul kumar <
>>>>> > bipul.opensource@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > sorry the wrong image has been sent out mistakenlyPlease find the
>>>>> > correct one
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > [Client-looking.png]
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Hope it works to your end.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Respectfully,
>>>>> > > Bipul
>>>>> > > PUBLIC KEY
>>>>> > > 97F0 2E08 7DE7 D538 BDFA B708 86D8 BE27 8196 D466
>>>>> > > ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 8:19 PM Bipul kumar <
>>>>> bipul.opensource@gmail.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > > Hi
>>>>> > > > If I understand correctly, you want to enter two things: a number
>>>>> > indicating the number of columns you want, and a string.
>>>>> > > > You want to print the beginning of the string up to the specified
>>>>> > number of columns in blue and the rest of the string in white.
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > At this point of your code ** printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${blu}"
>>>>> "$vl"
>>>>> > "$wht" "$vl" "${rst}" **
>>>>> > > > you should modify your code to retrieve output by utilizing the
>>>>> > specified range mentioned in the 1st argument (i.e., 18 in your
>>>>> case).Then,
>>>>> > you need to print it using the reference of shell variables (e.g.,
>>>>> blue and
>>>>> > white) that you defined earlier in your code for foreground.
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > For example here in this picture
>>>>> > > > https: // ibb.co/0CQbXgc
>>>>> > > > https://ibb.co/0CQbXgc
>>>>> > > > [faceoff.jpeg]
>>>>> > > > To retrieve the desired string for the blue and white outputs, I
>>>>> have
>>>>> > used the cut command in a subshell.
>>>>> > > > This command is applied to the input string provided as the
>>>>> second
>>>>> > argument to the function.
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > Respectfully,
>>>>> > > > Bipul
>>>>> > > > PUBLIC KEY
>>>>> > > > 97F0 2E08 7DE7 D538 BDFA B708 86D8 BE27 8196 D466
>>>>> > > > ** Please excuse brevity and typos. **
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 8:58 PM uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > > I am doing a bash function that takes a multiline string and
>>>>> prints
>>>>> > each line. The first part of each line uses a blue foreground,
>>>>> whereas the
>>>>> > rest of each line uses a white foreground.
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > I want to have the user define a column number from which the
>>>>> > foreground colour on each line changes to white.
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > I need help to do this.
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > The input string would be
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > str='
>>>>> > > > > marinex-dgrul Digit
>>>>> > > > > marinex-ltrul Letter
>>>>> > > > > marinex-nmrul Numeric'
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > Then one would call
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > marinex-ndic 18 "$str"
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > The plan is to have the beginning of each line being blue,
>>>>> whilst
>>>>> > from column number 18 the colour changes to white.
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > marinex-ndic ()
>>>>> > > > > {
>>>>> > > > > ## Show coloured and label
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > local -r rst="$( tput sgr0 )" # Default Graphic Rendition
>>>>> > > > > local -r blu="$( tput bold; tput setaf 39 )" # BLUE
>>>>> > > > > local -r wht="$( tput bold; tput setaf 15 )" # WHITE
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > printf '%s\n' "$@" \
>>>>> > > > > | while IFS="" read -r vl; do
>>>>> > > > > printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${blu}" "$vl" "$wht" "$vl" "${rst}"
>>>>> > > > > done
>>>>> > > > > }
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thought it was a joke.
>>>>>
>>>>