9.3.9. color

A - Introduction

The `colour` command enables or disables colors in the output of the current instance of gcap-cli.

B - Prerequisites

User: setup, gviewadm, gview
Dependencies: N/A

C - Command

`colour {disable|enable}`

D - Procedure to display service statuses with color

The command prompt is displayed.

(gcap-cli)

Enter the command
```
colour enable
```

Validate

The system then displays the information in color

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<span style="color:green;">[Monitoring UP]</span> <span style="color:red;">GCap</span><span style="color:blue;"> (gcap-cli)</span> service status
<span style="color:green;">up</span> - Service eve-generation
<span style="color:green;">up</span> - Service eve-upload
<span style="color:green;">up</span> - Service file-extraction
<span style="color:green;">up</span> - Service file-upload
<span style="color:red;">down</span> - Service filter-fileinfo
<span style="color:red;">down</span> - Service eve-compress

<span style="color:green;">[Monitoring UP]</span> <span style="color:red;">GCap</span><span style="color:blue;"> (gcap-cli)</span> colour disable
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E - Procedure to display service reports without color

The command prompt is displayed.

(gcap-cli)

Enter the command
```
colour disable
```

Validate

The system then displays the information without color (see example below)

<pre>
[Monitoring UP] GCap (gcap-cli) service status

up - Service eve-generation
up - Service eve-upload
up - Service file-extraction
up - Service file-upload
down - Service filter-fileinfo
down - Service eve-compress
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