Hi Marc, > Hi all,I wanted to share a small Perl program I wrote called tarcolor > that colorizes the output of `tar tvf`
Thanks for your work. > It uses regular expressions to parse the output and colorize it. I > wonder if color output would be a useful feature for GNU tar? I'd > be willing to take a stab at a patch, if it's something people > would like. Thanks, but I don't think it is necessary. I'd like to keep any presentational issues outside of tar. It is complex enough already. > On the other hand, if it's something that would just > increase the size of the executable or create a maintenance burden, > then I'm fine with keeping it as a separate tool. Yes, please. I believe it is the best way. Regards, Sergey
