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+# Copyright 2017 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# This script adds text style options to echo, cat, and printf. For
+# example:
+#
+#   style::echo --stderr --bold --underline --color red -n Yo ho ho
+#
+# print "Yo ho ho" without a newline (echo's -n flag), in bold red
+# with underline. The text is written to stderr instead of the default
+# stdout.
+#
+# style::info, style::warning, and style::error use echo to stderr
+# with default color and bold text. For example:
+#
+#   style::warning "WARNING: This is a warning!"
+#
+# style::link uses echo to stdout, with dark_blue underlined text
+#
+# You can override these styles with your own preferences, for example:
+#
+#   export STYLE_WARNING="--stderr --faint --dark_red --background dark_yellow"
+#
+
+# This script should be sourced. It is compatible with Bash 3.
+# MacOS still comes with Bash 3, so unfortunately no associative arrays.
+
+[[ "${STYLE_ERROR}" != "" ]] || STYLE_ERROR="--stderr --bold --color red"
+[[ "${STYLE_WARNING}" != "" ]] || STYLE_WARNING="--stderr --bold --color dark_yellow"
+[[ "${STYLE_INFO}" != "" ]] || STYLE_INFO="--stderr --bold --color dark_green"
+[[ "${STYLE_LINK}" != "" ]] || STYLE_LINK="--underline --color dark_blue"
+
+declare -i TERM_ATTRIBUTES__reset=0
+declare -i TERM_ATTRIBUTES__bold=1
+declare -i TERM_ATTRIBUTES__faint=2
+declare -i TERM_ATTRIBUTES__italic=3
+declare -i TERM_ATTRIBUTES__underline=4
+declare -i TERM_ATTRIBUTES__blink=5
+
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__default=39
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__black=30
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__dark_red=31
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__dark_green=32
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__dark_yellow=33
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__dark_blue=34
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__dark_magenta=35
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__purple=35
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__dark_cyan=36
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__light_gray=37
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__gray=90
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__red=91
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__green=92
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__yellow=93
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__blue=94
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__magenta=95
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__pink=95
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__cyan=96
+declare -i TERM_COLORS__white=97
+
+style::attribute() {
+  local name="$1"
+  local fallback="$2"
+  local var=TERM_ATTRIBUTES__${name}
+  local -i attribute=${!var}
+  if ! (( attribute )); then
+    if [[ $fallback != "" ]]; then
+      echo "${fallback}"
+      return 0
+    else
+      >&2 echo "Invalid attribute name: $name"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+  echo ${attribute}
+}
+
+style::color() {
+  local name="$1"
+  local fallback="$2"
+  local var=TERM_COLORS__${name}
+  local -i color=${!var}
+  if ! (( color )); then
+    if [[ $fallback != "" ]]; then
+      echo "${fallback}"
+      return 0
+    else
+      >&2 echo "Invalid color name: $name"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+  echo ${color}
+}
+
+style::background() {
+  local color
+  color=$(style::color "$1" "$2" || exit $?) || return $?
+  echo $((10+${color}))
+}
+
+_STYLE_RESET="\033[0m"
+
+style::stylize() {
+  local command="$1"; shift
+
+  local get_flags=true
+  local -i fd=1
+  local styles
+  local semicolon
+  local name
+  local -i code
+
+  while $get_flags; do
+    case "$1" in
+      --stderr)
+        fd=2
+        shift
+        ;;
+      --color)
+        shift; name="$1"; shift
+        styles="${styles}${semicolon}$(style::color $name || exit $?)" || return $?
+        semicolon=';'
+        ;;
+      --background)
+        shift; name="$1"; shift
+        styles="${styles}${semicolon}$(style::background $name || exit $?)" || return $?
+        semicolon=';'
+        ;;
+      --*)
+        name="${1:2}"
+        code=$(style::attribute $name 0)
+        if (( code )); then
+          shift
+          styles="${styles}${semicolon}${code}"
+          semicolon=';'
+        else
+          code=$(style::color $name 0)
+          if (( code )); then
+            shift
+            styles="${styles}${semicolon}${code}"
+            semicolon=';'
+          else
+            get_flags=false
+          fi
+        fi
+        ;;
+      *)
+        get_flags=false
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  local status=0
+
+  if [ ! -t $fd ]; then
+    # Output is not to a TTY so don't stylize
+    >&${fd} "${command}" "$@" || status=$?
+    return $status
+  fi
+
+  local if_newline=''
+  local text
+  # Add placeholder (.) so command substitution doesn't strip trailing newlines
+  text="$("${command}" "$@" || exit $?;echo '.')" || status=$?
+  local -i len=$((${#text}-2))
+  if [[ "${text:$len:1}" == $'\n' ]]; then
+    if_newline='\n'
+  else
+    ((len++))
+  fi
+  # Strip trailing newline, if any, and placeholder
+  # Last newline should not be stylized.
+  # TODO(richkadel): We may want to remove style from all newlines.
+  # Background color looks odd when newlines are styled.
+  text="${text:0:$((len))}"
+
+  >&${fd} printf "\033[${styles}m%s${_STYLE_RESET}${if_newline}" "${text}"
+
+  return $status
+}
+
+style::echo() {
+  style::stylize "${FUNCNAME[0]:7}" "$@" || return $?
+}
+
+style::cat() {
+  style::stylize "${FUNCNAME[0]:7}" "$@" || return $?
+}
+
+style::printf() {
+  style::stylize "${FUNCNAME[0]:7}" "$@" || return $?
+}
+
+style::error() {
+  style::echo ${STYLE_ERROR} "$@" || return $?
+}
+
+style::warning() {
+  style::echo ${STYLE_WARNING} "$@" || return $?
+}
+
+style::info() {
+  style::echo ${STYLE_INFO} "$@" || return $?
+}
+
+style::link() {
+  style::echo ${STYLE_LINK} "$@" || return $?
+}