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The enscript command line tool is used to convert text files into PostScript, HTML, RTF, or pretty-printed formats. It provides various customization options to change the appearance and format of the output file.

Here are a few key features of enscript:

  1. Language Support: enscript supports over 45 programming and markup languages, including C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Bash scripting, and many more.

  2. Syntax Highlighting: It can highlight the syntax elements specific to the source code language being converted, making code easier to read and analyze.

  3. Font and Style Customization: Users can specify different fonts, font sizes, styles (bold, italic, underline), and colors for different parts of the output document to enhance readability and aesthetics.

  4. Header and Footer: enscript allows the inclusion of headers and footers on each page, displaying information such as file names, page numbers, dates, and user-defined text.

  5. Pagination and Line Numbering: The tool supports various pagination options, enabling you to control the number of lines per page and the number of pages per physical sheet. Line numbering can also be added to the output for better code reference.

  6. Output Formats: Apart from PostScript, enscript supports generating output in HTML, Rich Text Format (RTF), and plain text formats.

  7. Configuration Files: Users can create configuration files to define their favorite settings and options for regular use, simplifying the command line input.

Overall, enscript is a versatile command line tool that transforms plain text files, especially source code files, into formatted and printable documents with customizable styles and syntax highlighting.

List of commands for enscript:

  • enscript:tldr:25167 enscript: Generate a PostScript file from a text file.
    $ enscript ${path-to-input_file} --output=${path-to-output_file}
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  • enscript:tldr:7743b enscript: Generate a file in a different language than PostScript.
    $ enscript ${path-to-input_file} --language=${select} --output=${path-to-output_file}
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  • enscript:tldr:a1970 enscript: Generate a PostScript file with a landscape layout, splitting the page into columns (maximum 9).
    $ enscript ${path-to-input_file} --columns=${num} --landscape --output=${path-to-output_file}
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  • enscript:tldr:bdf76 enscript: Display available syntax highlighting languages and file formats.
    $ enscript --help-highlight
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  • enscript:tldr:ea2b4 enscript: Generate a PostScript file with syntax highlighting and color for a specified language.
    $ enscript ${path-to-input_file} --color=1 --highlight=${language} --output=${path-to-output_file}
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