CMake can I filter compiler output through another program -

can tell cmake pipe stderr output compiler and/or linker through external program , showing output of on terminal instead?

for makefile generators can apply filter compiler output setting custom launcher compile rules. following cmake list file sketches necessary steps:

cmake_minimum_required(version 2.8)  project (main)  configure_file(     "${project_source_dir}/gcc_filter.sh.in"     "${project_binary_dir}/gcc_filter.sh"     @only)  add_executable (main main.cpp)  set_property(global property rule_launch_compile "${project_binary_dir}/gcc_filter.sh") 

in project root directory add following shell script template file gcc_filter.sh.in:

#!/bin/sh  # shell script invoked following arguments # $(cxx) $(cxx_defines) $(cxx_flags) -o object_file -c source_file  # invoke compiler exec "$@" 2>&1 | "@project_source_dir@/myfilter.sh" 

the actual shell script invoked custom launcher rule first copied project binary directory configure_file call in cmake list file. executable bit of file gcc_filter.sh.in must set. shell script forwards arguments compiler , pipes compiler output shell script myfilter.sh in project root directory:

#!/bin/sh exec wc 

the example myfilter.sh invokes wc more elaborate output filtering can done using above recipe.