# ansi-color-codec
Encode arbitrary byte sequences with ANSI background colors.

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## Usage
You can use the program as a library or as a command line utility.

### Library
The library provides a trait `ColorCodec<T>` that allows arbitrary byte 
iterators 
(`Iterator<Item = u8>`) to encode their bytes as ANSI background color 
codes or decode them back again.
Therefor the trait provides the functions `encode()` and 
`decode()`.

### Command line utility
You can encode bytes or decode color codes by passing them to 
`ansi-color-codec`'s STDIN:

```shell
$ echo "I use Arch btw" | ansi-color-codec
$ echo "I use Arch btw" | ansi-color-codec | ansi-color-codec -d
```

For more options, see `ansi-color-codec -h`.