npm colors still doesnt work

bin/elxr

 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var ENV = Object.assign({}, process.env); // Shallow clone it.
+
+// var env = Object.assign(ENV, process.env, {wd: process.cwd(), cwd: __dirname, FORCE_COLOR : 'true', NPM_CONFIG_COLOR : 'always' })
+var env = Object.assign({}, process.env, {wd: process.cwd()
+        , FORCE_COLOR : 'true', NPM_CONFIG_COLOR : 'always' 
+    })
+// console.dir(env)
 
 const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-console.dir(process.argv.slice(2))
+// console.dir(process.argv.slice(2))
+
 
 let npmcmd = (process.platform === 'win32' ? 'npm.cmd' : 'npm')
-let npmrun = (process.platform === 'win32' ? ['run', 'index', '--'] : ['run', 'index_linux', '--'])  
+let npmrun = (process.platform === 'win32' ? [ '--color=always', 'run', 'index', '--'] : ['run', 'index_linux', '--'])  
+// let npmcmd = 'node'
+// let npmrun = (process.platform === 'win32' ? [ '../index', '--'] : ['run', 'index_linux', '--'])  
+
 
 const child = spawn(
     npmcmd    
-    , npmrun.concat(process.argv.slice(2)), { env : Object.assign({}, process.env, {wd: process.cwd()}), cwd: __dirname });
+    , npmrun.concat(process.argv.slice(2)), { 
+        env, cwd: __dirname
+        , stdio: ['pipe', process.stdout, process.stderr],
+        inherit: true,
+        shell: true,
+});
 
 // const child = spawn(
 //         'C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe'
 //     , ['../index.js', 'pull'], { env : ENV, cwd: __dirname });
 
     
-    process.stdin.pipe(child.stdin)
-    child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
-    child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr)
+    // process.stdin.pipe(child.stdin)
+    // child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
+    // child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr)
 
 
 

index.js

 // {{!-- https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/accounting/general-ledger-gl/ --}}
 
 "use strict";
-
-
+// console.log([ 'If this is colorized we have color output...' ])
+// console.dir(process.env)
 var __g = require('global-this');
 var ENV = Object.assign({}, process.env); // Shallow clone so we can set values and reuse for reshelling spawns.
 __g.env = ENV
 var Tasq = utils.Tasq
 var statuslog = utils.Traq
 var Traq = utils.Traq
+console.error('EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE')
 
 
 var ENV = Object.assign({}, process.env); // Shallow clone so we can set values and reuse for reshelling spawns.