issue trentm#36: Would like ability to use -i with color disabled

fkuo · Aug 15, 2012 · 00af185 · 00af185
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 ## json 4.0.1 (not yet released)
 
-(nothing yet)
+- [issue #36] Turn off coloring for inspect output (`json -i`, `json -o
+  inspect`) if stdout is not a TTY.
 
 
 ## json 4.0.0

diff --git a/lib/jsontool.js b/lib/jsontool.js
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ function printDatum(datum, opts, sep, alwaysPrintSep) {
   var output = null;
   switch (opts.outputMode) {
   case OM_INSPECT:
-    output = util.inspect(datum, false, Infinity, true);
+    output = util.inspect(datum, false, Infinity, process.stdout.isTTY);
     break;
   case OM_JSON:
     if (typeof datum !== 'undefined') {