#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Term::ANSIColor; my $count = 1; for ( 'a' .. 'z' ) { printf( "%5d %s\n", $count++, $_ ); } print "\n\n"; $count = 1; for ( 'a' .. 'z' ) { printf( "%5s %s\n", colored( $count++, 'magenta' ), $_ ); }