nushell/docs/commands/ansi.md

title	layout	version
ansi	command	0.59.0

Output ANSI codes to change color.

Signature

> ansi (code) --escape --osc --list

Parameters

• code: the name of the code to use like 'green' or 'reset' to reset the color
• --escape: escape sequence without the escape character(s)
• --osc: operating system command (ocs) escape sequence without the escape character(s)
• --list: list available ansi code names

Examples

Change color to green

> ansi green

Reset the color

> ansi reset

Use ansi to color text (rb = red bold, gb = green bold, pb = purple bold)

> echo [(ansi rb) Hello " " (ansi gb) Nu " " (ansi pb) World (ansi reset)] | str collect

Use ansi to color text (italic bright yellow on red 'Hello' with green bold 'Nu' and purble bold 'World')

> echo [(ansi -e '3;93;41m') Hello (ansi reset) " " (ansi gb) Nu " " (ansi pb) World (ansi reset)] | str collect

Use ansi to color text with a style (blue on red in bold)

> $"(ansi -e { fg: '#0000ff' bg: '#ff0000' attr: b })Hello Nu World(ansi reset)"