ANSI Escape on Touch Bar

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Hi everyone!
I'm using BTT since 2020.
Now I have a simple question:
It's possible to use ANSI Escape on Touch Bar?
I have last two lines, picked from a .log file, on Touch Bar.
I want to "color" some words using ANSI Escape.
It's possible?
Using that script on a simple bash shell, it works, I can see the color.
It doesn't work on Touch Bar.

#!/bin/bash

file="path_to_file"

if [ -e "$file" ]; then
    tail -n 2 "$file" | sed -E 's/\[1;31m//g; s/\[1;32m//g; s/\[1;33m//g; s/\[0m//g; s/\[SUCCESS\]/'"$(echo -e '\033[32m')"'&'"$(echo -e '\033[0m')"/g''
else
    echo "$file not found."
fi

Thanks for the answers!

MacBook Pro M1
Sonoma 14.2.1
BTT 4.356

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no, that will not work (I think these only work on terminals).

You can use html to color specific words.

<html><span style="color: red">test</span></html>

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I think there was an inaccuracy in what I wrote.
That script is used in a Shell Script/Task Widget on Touch Bar section.
So, how can I use your solution? I don't understand :frowning:

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still, only a terminal renderer would understand these escape sequences.

You would need to adapt your script to return HTML instead of these escape sequences.

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