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Convert text with ANSI color codes to HTML

Synopsis

ansi2html [Options] [--inline] [--partial]

Description

Tool to convert text with ANSI color codes to HTML​.

Options

-p,  --partial

Process lines as them come in​. No headers are produced​.

-i,  --inline

Inline style without headers or template​.

-H,  --headers

Just produce the "<style>" tag​.

-f SIZE, --font-size=SIZE

Set the global font size in the output​.

-l,  --light-background

Set output to "light background" mode​.

-a,  --linkify

Transform URLs into "<a>" links​.

-u,  --unescape

Do not escape XML tags found in the input​.

-m,  --markup-lines

Surround lines with "<span id='line-n'>​.​.</span>"​.

--input-encoding=ENCODING

Specify input encoding​.

--output-encoding=ENCODING

Specify output encoding​.

-h,  --help

Show this help message and exit​.

--version

Show program’s version number and exit​.

Examples

$ ls --color=always | ansi2html > directories​.html

$ sudo tail /var/log/messages | ccze -A | ansi2html > logs​.html

$ task burndown | ansi2html > burndown​.html

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09/06/2026 ansi2html 1.9.5 ansi2html Manual