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A colored bar that marks where you are in your terminal.

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HR – a 30-line script that prints a colored bar across your terminal

by discordance·May 22, 2026·3 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

MidCozy

A 30-line script for a colored separator line that 'echo' could mostly do.

Strengths
  • Zero dependencies and works on default macOS Bash without installation.
  • Solves a specific visual clutter problem in long-running terminal sessions.
Weaknesses
  • Functionality is trivial enough to be a one-liner alias for most users.
  • Doesn't offer significant advantages over existing tools like 'figlet' or 'boxes'.
Target Audience

Command line users, DevOps engineers

Similar To

boxes · figlet · cowthink

Post Description

I often spend too much time scrolling up through my terminal history trying to find stuff, so here's a tool that helps create a visible marker in your terminal.

repo: https://github.com/ankurokok/hr

demo: https://asciinema.org/a/GJlx8uEBqNkORWZJ

Simple, dumb and maybe useful.

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