don't print color on non-tty stdout

[joezimjs]

I often start up my server as a build script in Sublime because it doesn't require me to open up another console window. The problem is that Sublime's output doesn't support color so it looks ridiculous:

[33mStarting up http-server, serving [39m[36mdist[39m[33m Available on:[39m [32m http://192.168.1.115:8080[39m [32m http://25.89.186.247:8080[39m [32m http://127.0.0.1:8080[39m

Can you add an option via the command line that turns off color? Or you can find a way to output color without causing Sublime to look like that. RunJS has color output in my console but doesn't cause any escaped character nonsense to show up

[derhuerst]

Something like strip-ansi-cli might help you.

However, in general, it's a good idea to have command line tools detect if stdout is a TTY. For non-TTY stdouts, they shouldn't necessarily output color. See also https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues/38 .

[joezimjs]

Thanks. strip-ansi-cli works for me. I was looking for something similar as an alternative to putting this issue up but couldn't find it.

[derhuerst]

As your original question is answered but the point about TTY detection is still valid, would you mind renaming your issue to sth like "don't print color on non-tty stdout"? It will make it easier for the maintainers.

[joezimjs]

There you go

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