Simple shell wrapper to log execution & return status of command and (optionally) colourise output.

_c.sh

trap 'rm -f /tmp/err.* /tmp/out.*' EXIT

_NORMAL=$(printf "\033[0m")
_RED=$(printf "\033[0;31m")
_YELLOW=$(printf "\033[0;33m")
_CYAN=$(printf "\033[0;36m")

export _CLOG=${_CLOG:-log-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)}

_c() {
  _cmd=$(printf '"%s" ' "$@")
  printf "%s [%s] %-40s\n" "$(date '+%b %d %T')" $name "CMD: $_cmd"
  eval "$_cmd" 2>&1 | sed -e 's/^/     | /'
  _status=$?
  printf "     "
  [ $_status -eq 0 ] && printf "[OK]\n" || printf "[ERROR]\n"
  return $_status
}


_cc() {
  _cmd=$(printf '"%s" ' "$@")
  _out=$(mktemp -t out)
  _err=$(mktemp -t err)
  printf "${_RED}"
  printf "%s [%s] %-40s\n" "$(date '+%b %d %T')" $name "CMD: $_cmd"
  printf "${_NORMAL}"
  eval "$_cmd" >${_out} 2>${_err}
  _status=$?
  printf "${_CYAN}"
  sed -e 's/^/     | /' <${_out}
  printf "${_YELLOW}"
  sed -e 's/^/     ! /' <${_err}
  printf "${_RED}     "
  [ $_status -eq 0 ] && printf "[OK]\n" || printf "[ERROR]\n"
  printf "${_NORMAL}"
  rm -f ${_out} ${_err}
  return $_status
}

_cl() {
  _cmd=$(printf '"%s" ' "$@")
  _out=$(mktemp -t out)
  _err=$(mktemp -t err)
  printf "${_RED}"
  printf "%s [%s] %-40s\n" "$(date '+%b %d %T')" $name "CMD: $_cmd"
  printf "${_NORMAL}"
  eval "$_cmd" >${_out} 2>${_err}
  _status=$?
  printf "${_CYAN}"
  sed -e 's/^/     | /' <${_out}
  printf "${_YELLOW}"
  sed -e 's/^/     ! /' <${_err}
  printf "${_RED}     "
  [ $_status -eq 0 ] && printf "[OK]\n" || printf "[ERROR]\n"
  printf "${_NORMAL}"
  
  printf "%s [%s] %-40s\n" "$(date '+%b %d %T')" $name "CMD: $_cmd" >> ${_CLOG}
  sed -e 's/^/     | /' <${_out} >> ${_CLOG}
  sed -e 's/^/     ! /' <${_err} >> ${_CLOG}
  [ $_status -eq 0 ] && printf "[OK]\n\n" >> ${_CLOG} || printf "[ERROR]\n\n" >> ${_CLOG}

  rm -f ${_out} ${_err}
  return $_status
}

[ ! -z "$@" ] && _cc "$@"