https://github.com/xfgusta/strace-with-colors
A patch to add colors to the strace output
https://github.com/xfgusta/strace-with-colors
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A patch to add colors to the strace output
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/xfgusta/strace-with-colors
- Owner: xfgusta
- Created: 2021-08-25T19:57:12.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-05-11T04:59:50.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2023-05-11T05:25:36.515Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Topics: cli, colors, linux, patch, strace, syscall, system-calls, trace
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- Size: 416 KB
- Stars: 31
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# strace, but with colors
This patch adds colored output to the [strace](https://strace.io/) program.
## The `--color` option
From `strace --help`
```text
--color[=WHEN]
colorize the output; WHEN can be 'always', 'auto' (default), or 'never'
```
+ `always` will always colorize the output
+ `never` will never colorize the output
+ `auto` will only colorize the output when standard output is connected to a terminal
Using `--output` or setting the `NO_COLOR` environment variable will disable the colored output.
## Installation
### Arch Linux
[**strace-with-colors**](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/strace-with-colors) package from AUR
```text
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/strace-with-colors.git
cd strace-with-colors
makepkg -si
```
### Fedora Linux
[**strace-with-colors**](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/xfgusta/strace-with-colors/) package from Copr
```text
dnf copr enable xfgusta/strace-with-colors
dnf install strace-with-colors
```
### From source
Clone the [strace git repository](https://github.com/strace/strace) and go to the directory
```text
git clone https://github.com/strace/strace
cd strace
```
Checkout the tag `v6.16` (latest version)
```text
git checkout tags/v6.16
```
Get the patch source [here](https://github.com/xfgusta/strace-with-colors) and apply it
```text
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xfgusta/strace-with-colors/main/strace-with-colors.patch
git apply strace-with-colors.patch
```
Now you are ready to build and install strace with colors!
```text
./bootstrap
./configure --enable-mpers=no
make install
```
You may need to install some dependencies before, like:
+ `make`
+ `autoconf`
+ `automake`
+ `gcc`
+ ...
You can actually check all the strace installation instructions [here](https://github.com/strace/strace/blob/master/README-configure).
The program will be in the `/usr/local/bin` directory. You can uninstall it running `make uninstall`.
## Screenshot
### Color scheme
Here is the color scheme used in the screenshot above:
| FG | Name | Color |
| -- | ------- | --------- |
| 0 | Black | `#2d3139` |
| 1 | Red | `#e06c75` |
| 2 | Green | `#98c379` |
| 3 | Yellow | `#e5c07b` |
| 4 | Blue | `#528bff` |
| 5 | Magenta | `#c678dd` |
| 6 | Cyan | `#56b6c2` |
| 7 | White | `#d7dae0` |