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Ansifilter - ANSI escape code processor and converter
SYNOPSISansifilter [d:i:F:o:s:e:fhptvHRT] [-i input file] [-o output file]
[--text] [--html] [--latex] [--tex] [--rtf] [input files]
DESCRIPTION
Ansifilter is a small utility to handle text files containing ANSI ter‐
minal escape codes. The command sequences may be stripped or be inter‐
preted to generate formatted output (HTML, LaTeX, TeX, RTF).
See the README file for details.
File options-i, --input=<file>
name of input file
-o, --output=<file>
name of output file
-O, --outdir=<dir>
name of output directory
-t, --tail
Continue reading after end-of-file (like tail -f). Use system
tail if available.
Output formats-T, --text
Output text (default)
-H, --html
Output HTML
-L, --latex
Output LaTeX
-P, --tex
Output Plain TeX
-R, --rtf
Output RTF
-B, --bbcode
Output BBCode
Format options-d, --doc-title
Set HTML/LaTeX document title
-f, --fragment
Omit HTML header and footer
-F, --font=<font>
Set HTML/RTF font face
-r, --style-ref=<rf>
Set HTML/TeX/LaTeX stylesheet path
-s, --font-size=<num?>
Set HTML/RTF font size
-e, --encoding=<enc>
Set HTML encoding (must match input file encoding); omit encod‐
ing information if enc=NONE
-p, --plain
Ignore ANSI formatting information
-w, --wrap=<len>
Wrap long lines
OTHER OPTIONS-h, --help
print help
-v, --version
print version and license info
If no in- or output files are specified, stdin and stdout will be used
for in- or output. Plain text will be generated, if no output format
is given.
Examples
File conversions:
ansifilter-i text_with_ansi.txt -o text_without_ansi.txt
tail -f server.log | ansifilter
ansifilter *.txt
AUTHORS
Andre Simon <andre.simon1@gmx.de>
SEE ALSO
README file and webpage at http://www.andre-simon.de/ and
http://wiki.andre-simon.de.
Andre Simon 2012-01-04 ansifilter(1)
