ANSI Color Codes in VIM
I have a script that generates a log file with ANSI color codes in them like so: [2012-05-14 18:00:02] ^[[0mINF: -- Starting update script --^[[0m [2012-05-14 18:00:29] ^[[91mERR: Improper date, entry being ignored.^[[0m Is there any way to get Vim to understand these color codes? Thanks for any help. Use Charles Campbell's (Dr Chip) AnsiEsc plugin: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=302 Before: :AnsiEsc<CR> I'm not sure about vim, but if you're just viewing a log file (ie you don't need to be able to edit) you could use less: less -R Since the link in the accepted answer doesn't