Python change text color in shell

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I was wondering if anyone knows how to set the color of the text that shows up in the shell  I noticed the  ls  uses a couple different colors when printing out information to the screen  on my Linux box   was wondering if I could take advantage of that in Python

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have a look at http   www pixelbeat org talks python ls py

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Use Curses or ANSI escape sequences   Before you start spouting escape sequences  you should check that stdout is a tty   You can do this with sys stdout isatty     Here s a function pulled from a project of mine that prints output in red or green  depending on the status  using ANSI escape sequences   def hilite string  status  bold       attr          if status            green         attr append  32       else            red         attr append  31       if bold          attr append  1       return   x1b  sm s x1b 0m         join attr   string

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I just described very popular library clint  Which has more features apart of coloring the output on terminal   By the way it support MAC  Linux and Windows terminals   Here is the example of using it   Installing  in Ubuntu   pip install clint   To add color to some string  colored red  red string     Example  Using for color output  django command style   from django core management base import BaseCommand from clint textui import colored   class Command BaseCommand       args          help    Starting my own django long process  Use     colored red   lt Ctrl gt  c       to break        def handle self   args    options           self stdout write  Starting the process  Use     colored red   lt Ctrl gt  c       to break                    Rest of my command code

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All the major color codes are given at https   www siafoo net snippet 88

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curses will allow you to use colors properly for the type of terminal that is being used

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This is so simple to do on a PC  Windows OS  Send the os a command to change the text      import os  os system  color a    green text print  I like green   raw input  do you

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