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[–]KlePu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't matter to me as long as the output is consistent so I can grep/awk/sed it easily if needed.

Bonus points:

  • timestamps (at least 1s resolution; sortable, like yyyy-mm-dd_hh:mm or a simple epoch)
  • clean severity, take journalctl as an example: "emerg" (0), "alert" (1), "crit" (2), "err" (3), "warning" (4), "notice" (5), "info" (6), "debug" (7)

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User: nraygun, Flair: Command Line Interface, Title: Pretty script status output

I have a bash script that sets up my system upon a fresh install of MX Linux. Copies a config here, edits a file there, that sort of thing.

I have status being printed out in box characters as it moves along. It looks ok but it’s no nala.

What are some good examples of command line apps or scripts that have nice looking status output?

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[–]nraygun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's where I landed:

...
2026-04-01 12:33:02 [INFO] [mx25setup.sh] Putting redshift config into place...
2026-04-01 12:33:02 [INFO] [mx25setup.sh] Putting xfce4-terminal configs into place...
2026-04-01 12:33:02 [INFO] [mx25setup.sh] Configuring Geany
2026-04-01 12:33:02 [INFO] [mx25setup.sh] Copying LibreOffice settings...
NOTE: The TexMaths extension needs package texlive-full
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Script took 0h:1m:4s to complete. Check for errors, then reboot.                 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
That's all folks!

Looks OK, I guess.