as the title says, I want to see colors in my watch command.
ex:
# enable colors when running javascript unittests with watch
watch mocha
# enable colors when doing `ls`
watch ls -aG
How to Add color support to watch command
command-line-interfacemac-osxterminalwatch
Related Solutions
Try using the -t option to ssh
ssh -t root@my.machine screen "tail -f /var/log/messages"
From man ssh
-t Force pseudo-tty allocation. This can be used to execute arbi-
trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be
very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services. Multiple -t
options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.
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Best Answer
Some programs, such as
lstry to be "smart" and only use color when connected to a terminal. Hopefully they have a way to force color.lsdoes.Edit: Only tested with Ubuntu Raring.