tldr/pages/common/pygmentize.md

pygmentize

Python based syntax highlighter.

• Highlight file syntax and print to standard output. Language is inferred from the file extension:

pygmentize {{file.py}}

• Highlight syntax for a given language:

pygmentize -l {{javascript}} {{javascript_file}}

• Show avaliable lexers:

pygmentize -L lexers

• Save output to a file in HTML format:

pygmentize -f html -o {{file.html}} {{file.py}}

• Show avaliable output formats:

pygmentize -L formatters

• Output to HTML file with line numbers, specifying a given language:

pygmentize -f html -O linenos=1 -l {{language}} -o {{file.html}} {{file}}