FORCE_COLOR: Keep Your Command Line Colorful, Even when Piping - Retain Text Colors in Logs, Output Streams, and More
Summary
This article details FORCE_COLOR, a standard for forcing ANSI color in CLI output across contexts where color is normally disabled (like piping). It covers the reasoning, usage, implementation examples, and a list of libraries and software that support the FORCE_COLOR approach, plus guidance for contributing to the standard.