Is it possible to configure the terminal in OS X to show stderr output automatically in a different colour than stdout output from a process?
Or is this only possible if the process is outputting coloured output?
Configure terminal to show stderr output in different colour
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Run :syntax on inside vim or add syntax on to your .vimrc.
I may not be understanding the question fully, since you change the color settings per-tab/window contrary to your question, but here is how to do what I think you want.
- Go to Terminal menu > Preferences.
- Click on the Settings tab.
- Click on the gear icon at the bottom left and choose Duplicate Settings.
Enter a name for your settings.
Make any changes you want to font colors.
- Repeat steps 3 through 6 until you have as many sets of colors as you want.
- Close the Preferences window.
- Open as many tabs as you want (3, it sounds like).
Right-click on the first and choose Inspect Tab.
Select your desired Settings pre-set from the list. (The ones you created will be down towards the bottom.)
- Close the Inspector window.
- Repeat steps 9 through 11 until you have customized each tab.
That should be it. If you want Terminal to always open like this, with these three tabs and their associated color settings:
- Go to Window menu > Save Windows as Group.
- Enter a name.
- Click Save.
- Go to Terminal menu > Preferences.
- Click on the Startup tab.
Next to "On startup, open:" choose the radio button for "Window group:" and select the name of the group you created in step 2.
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Best Answer
There is no straightforward solution, but there are at least a few workarounds available to do this.
You can install hilite by building the single C file (
hilite.cin this case) or by usingbrew install hilite(with homebrew installed on the system). Use it ashilite <command>.You can use the command from this answer on serverfault (substitute
commandwith the name of your script/command) to make stderr appear in red (for other colors, refer the ANSI escape sequences list and change the 31m in the below command accordingly):You can use stderred to color stderr in red.