Nocolor is a simple script that removes terminal color codes from data piped through it.
Colors are great. Everyone loves colors, right?
Wrong. Colors should always be optional. Color codes get in the way when you are trying to parse the output. This is a simple utility to make the parsing of colored output simpler.
$ stupid_colored_program | nocolor.shyou can move/symlink it into /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, or anywhere else in $PATH
Because I can. Also, I figured that this might be useful to some people.