text2html (1) Linux Manual Page

text2html – convert plain text to HTML

Version

version 2.07

Synopsis

text2html [options…] [file …]

Description

The "text2html" utility converts text to HTML. Text can come from standard input or files listed on the command line.

The available options are outlined in HTML::FromText. The option syntax is slightly different. Options are prefixed with two dashes ("–") and may have an option value following an equals sign ("="). The default value is on (<1>).

Examples

Convert the "README" file using "paras" and "blockcode".

 text2html –paras –blockcode README

Convert a file called "–stupid-name".

 text2html –paras — –stupid-name

Convert text on standard input.

 text2html –paras –urls –email –bold –underline

Convert text on standard input but turn off "metachars".

 text2html –metachars=0 –lines

Diagnostics

The "text2html" utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

See Also

perl(1), HTML::FromText(3).

Authors

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Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs [at] cpan.org>

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Casey West <casey [at] geeknest.com>

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Gareth Rees <garethr [at] cre.canon.co.uk>

Copyright And License

This software is copyright (c) 2003 by Casey West.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.