Copying terminal I/O with color

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To copy terminal output with color various mechanisms are suggested at http://askubuntu.com/questions/394228/bash-colored-copy-paste In CentOS download ansi2html.sh from https://github.com/pixelb/scripts/blob/master/scripts/ansi2html.sh (or https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelb/scripts/master/scripts/ansi2html.sh ) does the trick. Use following steps to verify:

1. Download ansi2html.sh raw from github
2. Use "chmod +x ansi2html.sh" to make it executable
3. Use "ls -l --color=always" to see ls output with colors on screen
4. Now use:

   ls -l --color=always | ./ansi2html.sh > test.html

   to get the output stored in html file with colors

5. Open file in web browser and verify
6. To receive output on screen and send it to html simultaneously, use tee as follows:

   ls -l --color=always | tee >(./ansi2html.sh > test.html)

   Note that >( is a special operator and typing "> (" with space in between wont work

Learned the trick from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/preserve-colors-when-copy-pasting-from-terminal-943213/

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