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How do I print something out in color?

by faq_monk (Initiate)
on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:29 UTC ( #709=perlfaq nodetype: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

Current Perl documentation can be found at


In general, you don't, because you don't know whether the recipient has a color-aware display device. If you know that they have an ANSI terminal that understands color, you can use the Term::ANSIColor module from CPAN:

    use Term::ANSIColor;
    print color("red"), "Stop!\n", color("reset");
    print color("green"), "Go!\n", color("reset");

Or like this:

    use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);
    print RED, "Stop!\n", RESET;
    print GREEN, "Go!\n", RESET;

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