Do not enable escape characters on dumb terminals

[grml-debootstrap.git] / grml-debootstrap

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index 97b1927..1546300 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -183,10 +183,18 @@ fi
 # }}}
 
 # early helper functions {{{
-GOOD='\e[32;01m'
-BAD='\e[31;01m'
-WARN='\e[33;01m'
-NORMAL='\e[0m'
+# skip colors when running within a dumb terminal
+if [ "${TERM}" = "dumb" ] ; then
+  GOOD=
+  BAD=
+  WARN=
+  NORMAL=
+else
+  GOOD='\e[32;01m'
+  BAD='\e[31;01m'
+  WARN='\e[33;01m'
+  NORMAL='\e[0m'
+fi
 
 einfo() {
   einfon "$1\\n"