#log #output #highlighting #readability #compiler #improve #stdin

app rehl

Add highlighting to stdin for easier to read compiler output, or more readable log files

2 stable releases

1.0.1 Feb 15, 2020

#11 in #improve

GPL-2.0-or-later

285KB
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Reglx Highlighter (rehl)

Add highlighting to stdin for easier to read compiler output, or more readable log files.

Screenshots

Improve compiler output readability

Compiler output example

Or get a better overview of log files

Logfile example

Installation

rehl is written in rust and can be installed using cargo

cargo install rehl

Usage

The patterns to highlight are specified using colour flags followed by one or more regex patterns separated by spaces. Any text passed through stdin will have the colour applied to text matching those patterns.

# To  errors and squiggly lines with red
> rehl -r Error: "\^~*"

# Also highlight warnings with yellow
> rehl -r Error: "\^~*" -y Warning:

See rehl --help for more information

Dependencies

~6MB
~104K SLoC