colorlog

colorlog.sh

logfile="$(pwd)/amazing.log"

###################
# ANSI escape codes 
###################
RED='\033[0;31m'
LRED='\033[1;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
CYAN='\033[0;36m'
NC='\033[0m' # nocolor

#####################################
# Logs a string to stdout and logfile
#####################################
# Arguments:
#   $1: string to log
#   $2: optional color
#####################################
function log() {
    echo -ne "${2:-${NC}}" |& tee -a ${logfile}
    echo -ne "$1" |& tee -a ${logfile}
    echo -e "${NC}" |& tee -a ${logfile}
}


######################################
# Logs a command to stdout and logfile
######################################
# Arguments:
#   $1: command to execute and log
#   $2: optional color
#####################################
function log_exec() {
    echo -ne "${2:-${NC}}" |& tee -a ${logfile}
    eval $1 |& tee -a ${logfile}
    echo -e "${NC}" |& tee -a ${logfile}
}

log "Test with folder compression" ${GREEN}
log_exec "mkdir -vp /tmp/test/folder/to/compress" ${CYAN}
log_exec "tar cvfJ /tmp/compressed.tar.xz /tmp/test/folder/to/compress" ${RED}
log_exec "rm -rfv /tmp/test /tmp/compressed.tar.xz" ${LRED}
log "Done."