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I've got a Bash script that outputs results with pretty Bash colours, and I need to include the output with colors in a Word document.

I would like to avoid putting a screenshot as the ouput is lenghty. I also don't really want to go through the pain of adding colours manually in Word so I am looking for an easy way to copy the text with colours in PuTTY and paste into Word with colours.

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Not really a programming question. Try Super User? – Rafe Kettler May 16 '11 at 1:21
I guess it's border line as it is more to document stuff, I'll look over there thanks. – Philippe May 16 '11 at 1:40

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You'll need to do a two-stage conversion, first to HTML then to Word. Try something like ansi2html, or Ansifilter and then copy/paste from a browser into Word. Generating a PDF from HTML should also be trivial (ask if you need information).

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ansi2html is what i needed, it works as a charm, thanks – Philippe May 16 '11 at 6:41
"They do it wrong, so I'm going to do it wrong too" is rarely a valid excuse. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams May 17 '11 at 19:14
@Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, "They weren't moved, so why should this one" ... is actually more the point. – Slomojo May 18 '11 at 4:47

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