Display ANSI colours with curl?

I'm currently trying to curl some raw text and have it displayed with interpreted ANSI colours in the Terminal.

Currently, when I run curl http://example.com/test.txt (not the actual URL), it simply returns:

33[0;31mTEST33[0m

This is not what I am looking for; what I expected to be returned is what I see when I run echo -e "33[0;31mTEST33[0m", which returns TEST, coloured in red.

My question is: is there a way of making curl interpret ANSI colour codes in order to have the colours properly displayed in the Terminal as you would expect when using echo -e?

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

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Rocco

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Just out of curiosity, why use curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.

– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26

@Haxiel Interestingly enough, I'm trying to add a sort of easter egg to a poster at my college, where echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)" is in small print, and if they find the message they win a prize.

– Rocco
Feb 11 at 17:08

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I'm currently trying to curl some raw text and have it displayed with interpreted ANSI colours in the Terminal.

Currently, when I run curl http://example.com/test.txt (not the actual URL), it simply returns:

33[0;31mTEST33[0m

This is not what I am looking for; what I expected to be returned is what I see when I run echo -e "33[0;31mTEST33[0m", which returns TEST, coloured in red.

My question is: is there a way of making curl interpret ANSI colour codes in order to have the colours properly displayed in the Terminal as you would expect when using echo -e?

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

Just out of curiosity, why use curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.

– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26

@Haxiel Interestingly enough, I'm trying to add a sort of easter egg to a poster at my college, where echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)" is in small print, and if they find the message they win a prize.

– Rocco
Feb 11 at 17:08

add a comment |

I'm currently trying to curl some raw text and have it displayed with interpreted ANSI colours in the Terminal.

Currently, when I run curl http://example.com/test.txt (not the actual URL), it simply returns:

33[0;31mTEST33[0m

This is not what I am looking for; what I expected to be returned is what I see when I run echo -e "33[0;31mTEST33[0m", which returns TEST, coloured in red.

My question is: is there a way of making curl interpret ANSI colour codes in order to have the colours properly displayed in the Terminal as you would expect when using echo -e?

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

I'm currently trying to curl some raw text and have it displayed with interpreted ANSI colours in the Terminal.

Currently, when I run curl http://example.com/test.txt (not the actual URL), it simply returns:

33[0;31mTEST33[0m

This is not what I am looking for; what I expected to be returned is what I see when I run echo -e "33[0;31mTEST33[0m", which returns TEST, coloured in red.

My question is: is there a way of making curl interpret ANSI colour codes in order to have the colours properly displayed in the Terminal as you would expect when using echo -e?

colors curl ansi

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

edited Feb 12 at 5:05

Rui F Ribeiro

41.1k1480138

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

asked Feb 11 at 16:04

Rocco

212

Just out of curiosity, why use curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.

– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26

@Haxiel Interestingly enough, I'm trying to add a sort of easter egg to a poster at my college, where echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)" is in small print, and if they find the message they win a prize.

– Rocco
Feb 11 at 17:08

add a comment |

Just out of curiosity, why use curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.

– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26

@Haxiel Interestingly enough, I'm trying to add a sort of easter egg to a poster at my college, where echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)" is in small print, and if they find the message they win a prize.

– Rocco
Feb 11 at 17:08

Just out of curiosity, why use curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.

– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26

@Haxiel Interestingly enough, I'm trying to add a sort of easter egg to a poster at my college, where echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)" is in small print, and if they find the message they win a prize.

– Rocco
Feb 11 at 17:08

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Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but using command substitution seems to work fine (even if it is a bit bulky):

echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"

Hopefully that's helpful for people in the future. Note that you can use curl -sL if you are dealing with a shortened URL.

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Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but using command substitution seems to work fine (even if it is a bit bulky):

echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"

Hopefully that's helpful for people in the future. Note that you can use curl -sL if you are dealing with a shortened URL.

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Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but using command substitution seems to work fine (even if it is a bit bulky):

echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"

Hopefully that's helpful for people in the future. Note that you can use curl -sL if you are dealing with a shortened URL.

answered Feb 11 at 16:18

Rocco

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Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but using command substitution seems to work fine (even if it is a bit bulky):

echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"

Hopefully that's helpful for people in the future. Note that you can use curl -sL if you are dealing with a shortened URL.

answered Feb 11 at 16:18

Rocco

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Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but using command substitution seems to work fine (even if it is a bit bulky):

echo -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"

Hopefully that's helpful for people in the future. Note that you can use curl -sL if you are dealing with a shortened URL.

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answered Feb 11 at 16:18

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answered Feb 11 at 16:18

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