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Python: printing in color using ANSI color codes


Categories: Python

Although there are Python modules [1,2,3] specially suited for displaying text to the console in color, if you want a quick no-dependency method then you can use ANSI color codes directly. Here is an example of printing a line in green, then red. print(“\033[0;32mOK this is green\033[00m”) print(“\033[0;31mERROR this is red\033[00m”) Additional color codes can … Python: printing in color using ANSI color codes

Bash: Fixing an ASCII text file changed with Unicode character sequences


Categories: Linux

File encoding issues are difficult to diagnose and troubleshoot.  Most files in the operations world are expected to be text-only ASCII 7 bit, so if a file goes into UTF-8 encoding and has embedded Unicode character inserted, it can often throw off the tool chain or systems using the file. Here are two example files, … Bash: Fixing an ASCII text file changed with Unicode character sequences