nixCraft 🐧Why do some #Linux and #Unix users get upset when their favorite CLI app/command adds a color option to its output messages? This option is usually off by default and controlled by a command-line option or an environment variable. I think colors can be useful in certain cases, such as highlighting specific values say like GATEWAY IP or error codes or messages. There's no need to be yell towards FLOSS developers who are providing and maintaining these utilities for free. I'm just saying ...
Mathias Hasselmann@nixCraft Actually there is not even a need to disable color by default: Colors only cause trouble when working with pipes and redirections. Whether a program is writing to a terminal or to a pipe can trivially checked by calling istty().
These people complaining are bullies. We should ban them from our communities.