ansi2htmlis a much better solution. Why didn't I think of it before 😅🤷♂️?
package.json and convert.js in the same dir, and run npm i there.gls --color ~/Documents > gls-output.txt.node convert gls-output.txt.out.html in your browser.| // Tested with Node 16 | |
| const Convert = require('ansi-to-html'); | |
| const fs = require('fs'); | |
| const convert = new Convert(); | |
| function renderHTML(body) { | |
| return `<!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
| <title>ANSI text → HTML</title> | |
| <style> | |
| body { | |
| color: white; | |
| background: black; | |
| font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; | |
| font-size: 13px; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| ${body} | |
| </body> | |
| </html>`; | |
| } | |
| const inputFile = process.argv[2]; | |
| if (!inputFile) { | |
| console.error( | |
| 'ERROR: No input filed specified.\n\nUsage:\n\tnode convert <ansi text file>', | |
| ); | |
| process.exit(1); | |
| } | |
| const ansiText = fs.readFileSync('typedoc-errors.log', 'utf-8'); | |
| const lines = ansiText.split('\n'); | |
| const convertedLines = lines.map((l) => convert.toHtml(l)).join('<br>'); | |
| const html = renderHTML(convertedLines); | |
| fs.writeFileSync('out.html', html); |
| { | |
| "name": "convert-ansi-html", | |
| "version": "1.0.0", | |
| "description": "", | |
| "main": "index.js", | |
| "scripts": { | |
| "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" | |
| }, | |
| "keywords": [], | |
| "author": "", | |
| "license": "ISC", | |
| "dependencies": { | |
| "ansi-to-html": "^0.7.2" | |
| } | |
| } |