Colorful output for several linux command line tools: grc
Because colors improve readability so much.
On Ubuntu 18.04 you can install it with sudo apt install grc
From github Show archive.org snapshot :
For the impatient - try following commands:
grc netstat
grc ping hostname
grc tail /var/log/syslog
grc ps aux
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