Yes and even better for faster speed and greater shell compatibility for basic colors, you can use this POSIX code: if [ -t 1 ] && [ -z "${NO_COLOR:-}" ];

Yes and even better for faster speed and greater shell compatibility for basic colors, you can use this POSIX code: if [ -t 1 ] && [ -z "${NO_COLOR:-}" ]; then COLOR_RESET='' COLOR_RED='' COLOR_GREEN='' COLOR_BLUE='' else COLOR_RESET='' COLOR_RED='' COLOR_GREEN='' COLOR_BLUE='' fi For more about this see Unix Shell Script Tactics: https://github.com/SixArm/unix-shell-script-tactics/tree/main/doc/use-color-with-terminal-escape-codes-and-no-color https://github.com/SixArm/unix-shell-script-tactics/tree/mai... Be aware there's an escape character at the start of each of color string, which is the POSIX equivalent of $'\e'; Hacker News seems to cut out that escape character.