Color ouput with Swift command line tool

Question

I\'m writing a command line tool with Swift and I\'m having trouble displaying colors in my shell. I\'m using the following code:

println(\"\\033[31;32mhey\\033         


        

Answer 1

Combining some of @Diego's answer, you can use Swift's new DefaultStringInterpolation structure to extend this decoration into your string literals–

enum ASCIIColor: String {
    case black = "\u{001B}[0;30m"
    case red = "\u{001B}[0;31m"
    case green = "\u{001B}[0;32m"
    case yellow = "\u{001B}[0;33m"
    case blue = "\u{001B}[0;34m"
    case magenta = "\u{001B}[0;35m"
    case cyan = "\u{001B}[0;36m"
    case white = "\u{001B}[0;37m"
    case `default` = "\u{001B}[0;0m"
}

extension DefaultStringInterpolation {
    mutating func appendInterpolation(_ value: T, color: ASCIIColor) {
        appendInterpolation("\(color.rawValue)\(value)\(ASCIIColor.default.rawValue)")
    }
}
// USAGE:
// "\("only this string will be green!", color: .green)"