highlight

Outputs syntax-highlighted source code to a variety of formats. More information: <http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.php>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/highlight.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install highlight
Ubuntu
apt-get install highlight
Alpine
apk add highlight
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S highlight
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install highlight
CentOS
yum install highlight
Fedora
dnf install highlight
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install highlight
OS X
brew install highlight
Raspbian
apt-get install highlight
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/highlight
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/highlight highlight powered by Commando

Outputs syntax-highlighted source code to a variety of formats. More information: <http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.php>.

  • Produce a complete HTML document from a source code file:
    highlight --out-format=html --style theme_name --syntax language path/to/source_code
  • Produce an HTML fragment, suitable for inclusion in a larger document:
    highlight --out-format=html --fragment --syntax language source_file
  • Inline the CSS styling in every tag:
    highlight --out-format=html --inline-css --syntax language source_file
  • List all supported languages, themes, or plugins:
    highlight --list-scripts langs|themes|plugins
  • Print a CSS stylesheet for a theme:
    highlight --out-format=html --print-style --style theme_name --syntax language] --stdout

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