Bug#785350: systemd - systemctl(1) please add option / make nocolor the deafult output

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Fri May 15 07:47:23 BST 2015


Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: forcemerge -1 783692
Control: tags -1 upstream

Am 15.05.2015 um 07:26 schrieb Jari Aalto:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 208-6
> Severity: normal
> 
> The standard output of systemctl(1) is in color.
> 
> Please
> 
>   - Make no-color the default

I happen to like the colored output. Makes it easier to spot relevant
information.

>   - Add option to enable color e.g. with --color
>   - Provide environment variable SYSTEMCTL_OPTIONS to include
>     options, like --color, the default for users that need it.

You can have colorless output, if you pipe it to another program, like
less, e.g. "systemctl | less".

That said, having a global switch which turns off colored output, for
those that need it, sounds useful. In any case, you should raise this
upstream, where this should be discussed and implemented.


Michael
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