CLI utility to pipe JSON logs through to pretty print and colorize them (#449)

cmd/prettylog/README.md

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+# Zerolog PrettyLog
+
+This is a basic CLI utility that will colorize and pretty print your structured JSON logs.
+
+## Usage
+
+You can compile it or run it directly. The only issue is that by default Zerolog does not output to `stdout`
+but rather to `stderr` so we must pipe `stderr` stream to this CLI tool.
+
+### Linux
+
+These commands will redirect `stderr` to our `prettylog` tool and `stdout` will remain unaffected.
+
+1. Compiled version
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2> >(prettylog)
+```
+
+2. Run it directly with `go run`
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2> >(go run cmd/prettylog/prettylog.go)
+```
+
+### Windows
+
+These commands will redirect `stderr` to `stdout` and then pipe it to our `prettylog` tool.
+
+1. Compiled version
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2>&1 | prettylog
+```
+
+2. Run it directly with `go run`
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2>&1 | go run cmd/prettylog/prettylog.go
+```

cmd/prettylog/prettylog.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+func isInputFromPipe() bool {
+	fileInfo, _ := os.Stdin.Stat()
+	return fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if !isInputFromPipe() {
+		fmt.Println("The command is intended to work with pipes.")
+		fmt.Println("Usage: app_with_zerolog |  2> >(prettylog)")
+		os.Exit(1)
+		return
+	}
+
+	writer := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter()
+	_, _ = io.Copy(writer, os.Stdin)
+}