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36# color_stream
A quick Python script to run another shell command, and split/color the
stdout/stderr streams green/red
## Story
While working with redirecting and assessing the output from another CLI tool,
I needed a way to see what was going to stderr, and what was going to stdout.
This tool highlights the two streams, in real time.
## Usage
```bash
pip install color_stream
color_stream '<another command here>'
## OR ##
python3 -m color_stream '<another command here>'
# Test it with the demo script in this repo:
color_stream python demo_1.py
# Test it with "ls" (success, and error with file that doesn't exist):
color_stream ls file_that_exists.txt file_that_does_not_exist.txt
# Print out the total bytes count statistics:
color_stream --stat python demo_1.py
```
## Limitations
- [ ] reading from stdin is untested, and likely doesn't work
- [ ] throughput speed is currently not benchmarked
- [ ] switching colors is not currently supported