stdecor

stdecor is a program that decorates streams of text with a custom prefix, time, etc. It's able to call a subprocess to execute or run as part of a pipe. When calling a program, it can decorate stdout and stderr differently.

stdecor is specially useful when running multiple jobs in the same shell. It can be used to build scripts like the following:

Installation

If you're a Rust programmer, stdecor can be installed with cargo:

$ cargo install stdecor

If you're a Debian user, stdecor is available in packagecloud. Follow these instruction to use the package repository.

This repository also provides a flake.nix file for nix users.