Console settings for ROS 2

Colorizing logger output

By default, ROS 2 logger doesn't colorize the output. To colorize it, add the following to your ~/.bashrc:

export RCUTILS_COLORIZED_OUTPUT=1

Customizing the format of logger output

By default, ROS 2 logger doesn't output detailed information such as file name, function name, or line number. To customize it, add the following to your ~/.bashrc:

export RCUTILS_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_FORMAT="[{severity} {time}] [{name}]: {message} ({function_name}() at {file_name}:{line_number})"

For more options, see here.

Colorized GoogleTest output

Add export GTEST_COLOR=1 to your ~/.bashrc.

For more details, refer to Advanced GoogleTest Topics: Colored Terminal Output.

This is useful when running tests with colcon test.