Convert a plain Text into HTML format

Nkunzis · #1 13th December 2006, 05:01 PM

Hi Everyone
I want to change the format of my output file from plain text into an HTML format.is there any command or any way to do it?

Thanks

Detonate · #2 13th December 2006, 05:31 PM

Quick way. Open the file in Openoffice, save as html.

sideways · #3 13th December 2006, 05:32 PM

enscript can do this too

although the manual page seems a bit out of date (the -W option doesn't works as stated)

assume your output file is called file.txt

then

Code:

enscript --language=html -pfile.html file.txt

will convert it to html.

you can do much more sophisticated stuff. eg if you have a folder full of c source files (and headers) you can produce a nice html summary page of the whole project with

Code:

enscript -E --color --language=html --toc -pmyproject.html *.h *.c

(and you can convert to serveral other popular formats too)

Nkunzis · #4 13th December 2006, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sideways

enscript can do this too

although the manual page seems a bit out of date (the -W option doesn't works as stated)

assume your output file is called file.txt

then

Code:

enscript --language=html -pfile.html file.txt

will convert it to html.

you can do much more sophisticated stuff. eg if you have a folder full of c source files (and headers) you can produce a nice html summary page of the whole project with

Code:

enscript -E --color --language=html --toc -pmyproject.html *.h *.c

(and you can convert to serveral other popular formats too)

Thanks alot . but there is a problem
when i use the cat shell command to show the html file the content including the htlm codea appear.on the screen.
my question is how can i show the file like a normal page without the html codes( as it web pages do. )

thank alot

BandC · #5 13th December 2006, 08:58 PM

Nkunzis,

Maybe you need to explain your problem a little more. A file saved with the .html extension viewed in a browser would be rendered and shown as an HTML page.

If the file includes HTML markup <br /> etc. then when you display the contents of the file in an editor it will show the markup too. You can't have it both ways in one file. If you need both ways, then you need two versions of your file one HTML and one plain text.

sideways · #6 14th December 2006, 11:00 AM

As BandC says, i'm confused about what you want here?

the original text file will display using cat!

why view a web page (html page) using cat?

html pages are viewed using a browser, in firefox you can just select

File->Open File

and then browse to the desired html file, it will display lovely!