"""Inspiration from https://github.com/fabric/fabric/blob/master/fabric/colors.py """ import re def _wrap_with(code, bold=False): def inner(text): c = code if bold: c = "1;%s" % c return "\033[%sm%s\033[0m" % (c, text) return inner red = _wrap_with('31') green = _wrap_with('32') yellow = _wrap_with('33') blue = _wrap_with('34') magenta = _wrap_with('35') cyan = _wrap_with('36') white = _wrap_with('37') bold_red = _wrap_with('31', True) bold_green = _wrap_with('32', True) bold_yellow = _wrap_with('33', True) bold_blue = _wrap_with('34', True) bold_magenta = _wrap_with('35', True) bold_cyan = _wrap_with('36', True) bold_white = _wrap_with('37', True) # regular expression to omit colorcodes def colorless(text): """Remove color from the text""" return re.sub("\033\[(1;)?[\d]+m", '', text)