linux shell output to html

Question

is there any way to convert bash output to html ? for example if I had some colorized output in bash ( something like htop ), how can I convert it to html tags ... ( somethi

Answer 1

1.) check that ansifilter and script programs are installed

2.) script -c 'ansible-playbook -i /tmp/or/some /tmp/other/command.yml' -O /tmp/myTypescriptOutput.file

(script writes the output of a command to a file in typescript notation)

3.) convert to html, e.g. to view with your browser:

ansifilter -i /tmp/myTypescriptOutput.file -H -o output.html

convert to rtf, e.g. to view with libreoffice or word

ansifilter -i /tmp/myTypescriptOutput.file -R -o output.rtf

see man ansifilter for other options (latex, tex, svg, pangot, txt, ...)

(additional, if highlight is installed:

highlight /tmp/myTypescriptOutput.file --force

... this will print the saved-shell output in color, like if it was executed at first time)