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=Copying terminal I/O with color=

To copy terminal output with color various mechanisms are suggested at http://askubuntu.com/questions/394228/bash-colored-copy-paste   In CentOS download ansi2html.sh from https://github.com/pixelb/scripts/blob/master/scripts/ansi2html.sh (or https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelb/scripts/master/scripts/ansi2html.sh ) does the trick.  Use following steps to verify:

# Download ansi2html.sh raw from github
# Use "chmod +x ansi2html.sh" to make it executable
# Use "ls -l --color=always" to see ls output with colors on screen
# Now use:
#:<pre>
#:: ls -l --color=always | ./ansi2html.sh &gt; test.html
#:</pre>
#: to get the output stored in html file with colors
# Open file in web browser and verify
# To receive output on screen and send it to html simultaneously, use tee as follows:
#:<pre>
#::ls -l --color=always | tee &gt;(./ansi2html.sh &gt; test.html)
#:</pre>
#::Note that &gt;( is a special operator and typing "&gt; (" with space in between wont work


Learned tee trick from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/preserve-colors-when-copy-pasting-from-terminal-943213/



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