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Last Updated: 2023-12-06
An increasing number of command-line software programs support the NO_COLOR environment variable. While many developers and users appreciate the plain output this provides, there should likewise be a way to force color to be enabled in cases where it might otherwise become turned off, like piping the output to a non-interactive terminal. The methods to enable colored text output vary across software, and some don't offer an option at all.
To address the desire for a consistent method to force enable color support, an informal standard was proposed in 2023:
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