lolcat

Rainbow colorize text.

Synopsis

tofu lolcat [text] [flags]

Description

Output text in rainbow colors using ANSI true color. Makes everything better.

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--freq	-f	Rainbow frequency (color change rate)	0.1
--spread	-p	Rainbow spread (how much colors spread across lines)	3.0
--seed	-s	Rainbow seed (starting point in the rainbow)	0

Examples

Colorize text:

tofu lolcat "Hello, World!"

Colorize from stdin:

echo "Rainbow text" | tofu lolcat

Colorize a file:

cat README.md | tofu lolcat

Faster color cycling:

tofu lolcat -f 0.3 "Speedy rainbow"

Different starting color:

tofu lolcat -s 10 "Different start"

Wider color spread:

tofu lolcat -p 5.0 "Spread out colors"

Fun Uses

Colorize cowsay:

tofu cowsay "Hello!" | tofu lolcat

Rainbow build output:

make 2>&1 | tofu lolcat

Rainbow fortune:

tofu fortune | tofu lolcat

Notes

• Requires a terminal that supports ANSI true color (24-bit color)
• Spaces and tabs are not colorized