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ssbarnea/test_ansi.py

Created October 26, 2011 16:18
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  1. ssbarnea created this gist Oct 26, 2011.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    import sys, os, time, platform

    sample_ansi = '\x1b[31mRED' + '\x1b[33mYELLOW' + '\x1b[32mGREEN' + '\x1b[35mPINK' + '\x1b[0m' + '\n'


    for handle in [sys.stdout, sys.stderr]:
    if (hasattr(handle, "isatty") and handle.isatty()) or \
    ('TERM' in os.environ and os.environ['TERM']=='ANSI'):
    if platform.system()=='Windows' and not ('TERM' in os.environ and os.environ['TERM']=='ANSI'):
    handle.write("Windows console, no ANSI support.\n")
    else:
    handle.write("ANSI output enabled.\n")
    handle.write(sample_ansi)
    else:
    handle.write("ANSI output disabled.\n")

    handle.write("\n\n")
    handle.flush()
    time.sleep(0.2)