Use:
git diff --color=always | less -r
--color=always is there to tell git to output color codes even if the output is a pipe (not a tty). And -r is there to tell less to interpret those color codes and other escape sequences. Use -R for ANSI color codes only.
UPDATE: I've added a new (different) script... Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams had a point: The question really asks for executable scripts are green, et cetera.. okay... you'll find such a (prototype) script at the end of this answer.
This first (original) section is about grc and grcat.
This should work; grc... (as enzotib has pointed out.. The package name is grc ... The sub-utility used in the example, is grcat
generic colouriser for everything
generic colouriser, can be used to colourise logfiles,
output of commands, arbitrary text....
configured via regexp's.
The following example prints
./ in magenta bin/cpp/ in cyan bigint in bold white
I haven't fully sorted out how it handles it config file yet, but this looks like it will do what you want (once you tame it).. eg. for a file with no sub-dir, and the color sequence seems to not be in the same sequence as the expressions.
I assume it is possible (but I'm a bit busy at the moment)...
echo "# my config file
regexp=(\./)(.*/)([^/]+)
colours=bold white,magenta,cyan
">$HOME/.grc/findhi
find . -maxdepth 3 -name '*' | grcat findhi
Here is the new Ignacio inspired script :)
This works if you use a single path as the first arg to find.
There are UNTESTED issues in this script. It is only concept.
One issue is: Symbolic Links... murky waters...
As-is, it prints an ERROR when it encounters an unknown type (eg. a symbolic link), and then continues processing past that.
Thanks to enzotib for the tput examples.
dircol=$(tput bold ;tput setaf 4)
coloff=$(tput sgr0)
root="$HOME" # define path here, not in 'find` arg
root="${root:-.}" # default to '.'
root="${root%/}/" # add trailing '/'
#
find "$root" -maxdepth 1 -name '*' -printf "%y %P\n" |
while read -r line ;do
case $line in
d ) printf "%s\n" "$dircol$root$coloff";;
d\ *) printf "%s\n" "$dircol$root${line:2}$coloff";;
f\ *) l="$root${line:2}"
d="${l%/*}/"
f="${l##*/}"
cd -P "$d"
printf "%s" "$dircol$d$coloff"
ls --color=always -R1 "$f"
cd - >/dev/null
;;
*) printf "ERROR - type not yet catered for\n";;
esac
done
Best Answer
The answer to this question is probably what you want.
It links to these tools, which do the conversion you're looking for:
Perl package HTML::FromANSI
aha, a C-language program (github repo)