Node CLI app with console color on Windows

Asked Apr 24 '18 at 16:38

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I wrote a command line app, and when I run the app via myApp --arg1=true the console does not output in color.

If I pass --color as an argument like this myApp --arg1=true --color, then the output displays in color.

Is there a way for me to do this without passing the parameter? I have tried adding process.env.color above the colors package, but that just displays the output as normal.

process.env.color = ''
require('colors')

I have tried setting the value of color as well to: 'true', 'always', 'yes'

Edit

Color does display on Linux, but not on Windows

edited Apr 24 '18 at 16:45

asked Apr 24 '18 at 16:38

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commandline arguments are stored in [process.argv array](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31361287/modify-node-process-environment-or-arguments-runtime), try `process.argv.push("--color")` – gabonator Apr 24 '18 at 16:45
That fixes the issue! – Get Off My Lawn Apr 24 '18 at 16:46

Node CLI app with console color on Windows

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