Display ANSI colours with curl?
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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?
colors curl ansi
edited Feb 12 at 5:05
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
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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?
colors curl ansi
edited Feb 12 at 5:05
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
212
Just out of curiosity, why usecurlhere? 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, whereecho -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?
colors curl ansi
edited Feb 12 at 5:05
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
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
colors curl ansi
edited Feb 12 at 5:05
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
212
edited Feb 12 at 5:05
Rui F Ribeiro
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
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
41.1k1480138
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
212
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
212
asked Feb 11 at 16:04
RoccoRocco
212
212
Just out of curiosity, why usecurlhere? 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, whereecho -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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Just out of curiosity, why usecurlhere? 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, whereecho -e "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"is in small print, and if they find the message they win a prize.
– Rocco
Feb 11 at 17:08
Just out of curiosity, why use
curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26
Just out of curiosity, why use
curl here? I mean, it's a tool for the HTTP protocol, and you're dealing with ANSI escape codes for the terminal. I feel like I'm missing a connection here.– Haxiel
Feb 11 at 16:26
@Haxiel Interestingly enough, I'm trying to add a sort of easter egg to a poster at my college, where
echo -e "$(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
@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.
answered Feb 11 at 16:18
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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 "$(curl -s http://example.com/test.txt)"
Hopefully that's helpful for people in the future. Note that you can use curl -sL if you are dealing with a shortened URL.
answered Feb 11 at 16:18
RoccoRocco
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Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but using command substitution seems to work fine (even if it is a bit bulky):
echo -e "$(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
RoccoRocco
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answered Feb 11 at 16:18
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Just out of curiosity, why use
curlhere? 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