Hi, On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 03:52:54PM +0200, Franco Martelli wrote: > "tree" detects that its std output goes through a pipe and > therefore it disables the escaped code to colorize (like also > "dmesg" does). To avoid this behavior you must use the "unbuffer" > command: > > unbuffer tree --du -Fah /usr/local | grep /$
If that's the only thing you're using unbuffer for, why not just use the -C option of tree? It's a bit like the "--color=always" of ls. > You can also try: > > ~# unbuffer dmesg | grep snd Similarly dmesg has "--color=always". I guess one advantage of unbuffer for this purpose is that you don't need for an option to exist or to know what it is if it does. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
