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  1. .\" Collection of Unix tools, comparable to coreutils
  2. .\" Copyright 2017-2022 Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>
  3. .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
  4. .Dd 2021-05-15
  5. .Dt LOLCAT 1
  6. .Os
  7. .Sh NAME
  8. .Nm lolcat
  9. .Nd a truecolor rainbow filter
  10. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  11. .Nm
  12. .Ar
  13. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  14. .Nm
  15. takes each character from it's standard input and prints it with a truecolor escape sequence, making the text output rainbow colored given enough characters.
  16. .Pp
  17. .Nm
  18. also replaces escape to
  19. .Sq ^[
  20. in bold, this allows to strip escape codes easily.
  21. .Sh KNOWN ISSUES & LIMITATIONS
  22. .Bl -bullet
  23. .It
  24. Frequence is not adjustable yet
  25. .It
  26. .Nm
  27. puts escape codes even when stdout isn't a tty, this is expected, do not call
  28. .Nm
  29. otherwise
  30. .El
  31. .Sh EXIT STATUS
  32. .Ex -std
  33. .Sh SEE ALSO
  34. .Lk https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat "Original lolcat program, in ruby"
  35. .Sh AUTHORS
  36. .An Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier Aq Mt contact@hacktivis.me