Do not use \r if output is not a terminal

src/cli.cpp

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static const char* help_text =
     "  --parallel_osds M   Work with M osds in parallel when possible (default 4)\n"
     "  --progress 1|0      Report progress (default 1)\n"
     "  --cas 1|0           Use CAS writes for flatten, merge, rm (default is decide automatically)\n"
-    "  --no-color          Disable colored output\n"
+    "  --color 1|0         Enable/disable colored output and CR symbols (default 1 if stdout is a terminal)\n"
     "  --json              JSON output\n"
 ;
 

src/cli_common.cpp

@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ void cli_tool_t::parse_config(json11::Json::object & cfg)
         else
             kv_it++;
     }
-    color = !cfg["no_color"].bool_value();
+    if (cfg.find("no_color") != cfg.end())
+        color = !cfg["no_color"].bool_value();
+    else if (cfg.find("color") != cfg.end())
+        color = cfg["color"].bool_value();
+    else
+        color = isatty(1);
     json_output = cfg["json"].bool_value();
     iodepth = cfg["iodepth"].uint64_value();
     if (!iodepth)

src/cli_merge.cpp

@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ struct snap_merger_t
                 processed++;
                 if (parent->progress && !(processed % 128))
                 {
-                    printf("\rFiltering target blocks: %ju/%ju", processed, to_process);
+                    fprintf(stderr, parent->color
+                        ? "\rFiltering target blocks: %ju/%ju"
+                        : "Filtering target blocks: %ju/%ju\n", processed, to_process);
                 }
             }
             if (in_flight > 0 || oit != merge_offsets.end())
@@ -285,7 +287,9 @@ struct snap_merger_t
             }
             if (parent->progress)
             {
-                printf("\r%ju full blocks of target filtered out\n", to_process-merge_offsets.size());
+                fprintf(stderr, parent->color
+                    ? "\r%ju full blocks of target filtered out\n"
+                    : "%ju full blocks of target filtered out\n", to_process-merge_offsets.size());
             }
         }
         state = 3;
@@ -320,7 +324,9 @@ struct snap_merger_t
             processed++;
             if (parent->progress && !(processed % 128))
             {
-                printf("\rOverwriting blocks: %ju/%ju", processed, to_process);
+                fprintf(stderr, parent->color
+                    ? "\rOverwriting blocks: %ju/%ju"
+                    : "Overwriting blocks: %ju/%ju\n", processed, to_process);
             }
         }
         if (in_flight == 0 && rwo_error.size())
@@ -339,7 +345,9 @@ struct snap_merger_t
         }
         if (parent->progress)
         {
-            printf("\rOverwriting blocks: %ju/%ju\n", to_process, to_process);
+            fprintf(stderr, parent->color
+                ? "\rOverwriting blocks: %ju/%ju\n"
+                : "Overwriting blocks: %ju/%ju\n", to_process, to_process);
         }
         // Done
         result = (cli_result_t){ .text = "Done, layers from "+from_name+" to "+to_name+" merged into "+target_name };

src/cli_rm_data.cpp

@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ struct rm_inode_t
         }
         if (parent->progress && total_count > 0 && total_done*1000/total_count != total_prev_pct)
         {
-            fprintf(stderr, "\rRemoved %ju/%ju objects, %ju more PGs to list...", total_done, total_count, pgs_to_list);
+            fprintf(stderr, parent->color
+                ? "\rRemoved %ju/%ju objects, %ju more PGs to list..."
+                : "Removed %ju/%ju objects, %ju more PGs to list...\n", total_done, total_count, pgs_to_list);
             total_prev_pct = total_done*1000/total_count;
         }
         if (lists_done && !lists.size())