mvncolor.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Formatting constants
BOLD=`tput bold`
UNDERLINE_ON=`tput smul`
UNDERLINE_OFF=`tput rmul`
TEXT_BLACK=`tput setaf 0`
TEXT_RED=`tput setaf 1`
TEXT_GREEN=`tput setaf 2`
TEXT_YELLOW=`tput setaf 3`
TEXT_BLUE=`tput setaf 4`
TEXT_MAGENTA=`tput setaf 5`
TEXT_CYAN=`tput setaf 6`
TEXT_WHITE=`tput setaf 7`
BACKGROUND_BLACK=`tput setab 0`
BACKGROUND_RED=`tput setab 1`
BACKGROUND_GREEN=`tput setab 2`
BACKGROUND_YELLOW=`tput setab 3`
BACKGROUND_BLUE=`tput setab 4`
BACKGROUND_MAGENTA=`tput setab 5`
BACKGROUND_CYAN=`tput setab 6`
BACKGROUND_WHITE=`tput setab 7`
RESET_FORMATTING=`tput sgr0`

# Wrapper function for Maven's mvn command.
mvn-color()
{
  # Filter mvn output using sed
  mvn $@ | sed -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ \-.*\)/${BOLD}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ \[.*\)/${RESET_FORMATTING}${BOLD}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD SUCCESSFUL\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_GREEN}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
               -e "s/\(\[debug\].*\)/${TEXT_CYAN}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
               -e "s/\(\[WARNING\].*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_YELLOW}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
               -e "s/\(\[ERROR\].*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
               -e "s/Tests run: \([^,]*\), Failures: \([^,]*\), Errors: \([^,]*\), Skipped: \([^,]*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_GREEN}Tests run: \1${RESET_FORMATTING}, Failures: ${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\2${RESET_FORMATTING}, Errors: ${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\3${RESET_FORMATTING}, Skipped: ${BOLD}${TEXT_YELLOW}\4${RESET_FORMATTING}/g"

  # Make sure formatting is reset
  echo -ne ${RESET_FORMATTING}
}

# Override the mvn command with the colorized one.
alias mvn="mvn-color"

Very nice! This is a much improved version of what I had hiding in my bashrc