Text Blink(when printing) in Python 2.7

Question

I'm trying to get a text blink in python . I found this method:

from termcolor import colored, cprint
cprint('\nJames Everleigh', 'red', attrs=['blink'])

but when i compile it i get some sort weird text:

""[5m[31m
James Everleigh[0m ""

What do I need to use to get the desired output?

Possible duplicate of [Why does termcolor output control characters instead of colored text in the Windows console?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21858567/why-does-termcolor-output-control-characters-instead-of-colored-text-in-the-wind) — khelwood, May 22 '18 at 13:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '18 at 13:55

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[5m[31m and [0m are are ANSI escape codes for format and color. You have to enable your terminal to interpret them.

answered May 22 '18 at 13:55

toliveira

@TibiGhimbas What terminal emulator are you using? In many terminals blinking is just bright or bold text. – mx0 May 22 '18 at 19:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 29 '20 at 16:49

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if you are using windows powershell you need to pip colorama and import init from colorama and run it like this:

from colorama import init
from termcolor import colored
init()
print(colored("text","red"))

edited May 29 '20 at 16:49

dboy

answered May 29 '20 at 15:07

dieshell

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