Multiple foreground colors in PowerShell in one command

Question

I want to output many different foreground colors with one statement.

PS C:\\> Write-Host \"Red\" -ForegroundColor Red
Red

This output i

Answer 1

So here's something I came up with. Hope it helps someone out.

$e = "$([char]27)"

enum ANSIFGColors {
  Black   = 30
  Red     = 91
  Green   = 92
  Yellow  = 93
  Blue    = 94
  Magenta = 95
  Cyan    = 96
  White   = 97
}

enum ANSIBGColors {
  Black   = 40
  Red     = 41
  Green   = 42
  Yellow  = 103
  Blue    = 44
  Magenta = 105
  Cyan    = 46
  White   = 107
}

function Colorize-Text {
  param (
    [string]$StringToColor,
    [ANSIFGColors]$TextColor,
    [ANSIBGColors]$BackgroundColor
  )

  $retValue = $null

  if ($BackgroundColor -ne $null ) { $retValue = [string]"$e[$($TextColor.value__);$($BackgroundColor.value__)m$StringToColor$e[0m" }
  else                             { $retValue = [string]"$e[$($TextColor.value__)m$StringToColor$e[0m" }

  return $retValue

}

Can be used thus;

$FirstVar = Colorize-Text -StringToColor "This is Green" -TextColor Green

$SecondVar = Colorize-Text -StringToColor "This is NOT Green" -TextColor Cyan -BackgroundColor Red

Write-host $FirstVar $SecondVar

Or whatever other combination you choose.