colorit(1)

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2COLORIT(1)                                                          COLORIT(1)
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NAME

7       colorit - a script for markuping the text input
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SYNOPSIS

10       colorit [OPTIONS] [files...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       colorit  is  a  script for markuping text input and sending a result to
14       pager ( less -r by default) or stdout.  Markuping rules  are  described
15       in  a configuration file which is filtered by preprocessor (the default
16       is m4 ).  The define HOME equal to your home directory is set  for  the
17       preprocessor using -D option supported by both m4 and cpp.  This script
18       can be used for colorizing the text by ANSI escape sequences, or making
19       a simple text conversions and may be used as a pager instead of less by
20       dict or other programs. In particular, log files, dict,  cc,  make,  or
21       diff output can easily be colorized and viewed.
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OPTIONS

24       -V or --version
25              Shows version information.
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27       -h or --help
28              Shows help information.
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30       -c file or --config file
31              Specify  configuration  file.   The  default  is ~/.coloritrc or
32              /etc/colorit.conf
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34       -P pager or --pager pager
35              Specify a pager (- for none). The default is less -r
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37       --pp preprocessor
38              Specify a preprocessor (- for none).
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FILES

41       ~/.coloritrc
42              User's colorit configuration file
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44       /etc/colorit.conf
45              System colorit configuration file
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CONFIG FILE

48       Empty lines or lines beginning with sharp sign (`#') are  ignored.  All
49       other  lines have this structure: command arg1 arg2 ... argN.  All com‐
50       mands are processed one-by-one for each input line.
51       args strings can be surrounded by double-quote characters.
52       Currently, only mark command is available having  the  following  argu‐
53       ments: regexp pre_string post_string
54       The  pre_string  and  post_string are inserted at the beginning and the
55       end of substring matched by regular expression regexp
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BUGS

58       The only supported escape sequence in the strings surrounded by  double
59       quotes is \033.
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