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# Open a terminal.
# Open a terminal.
# Generate some ANSI-colored output, for example: `ls --color=always`.
# Generate some ANSI-colored output, for example: `ls --color=always`.
# Pipe this output to `aha` and redirect it to an HTML file: `ls --color=always | aha > output.html`.
# Pipe this output to `aha` and redirect it to an HTML file: <nowiki>`ls --color=always | aha > output.html`</nowiki>.
# Open `output.html` in a web browser.
# Open `output.html` in a web browser.
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Latest revision as of 17:22, 12 August 2023

Description

aha stands for "ANSI HTML Adapter," and it's a command-line utility that can convert ANSI and ASCII escape sequences to HTML code. This can be especially useful for rendering colored terminal outputs (like from ls --color or colored log files) in a web-friendly format.This test case ensures that the aha utility can effectively convert ANSI-colored terminal output into an HTML format.

Setup

Ensure that the Package-x-generic-16.pngaha package is installed on your Fedora system. If not, you can usually install it using sudo dnf install aha.

How to test

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Generate some ANSI-colored output, for example: ls --color=always.
  3. Pipe this output to aha and redirect it to an HTML file: `ls --color=always | aha > output.html`.
  4. Open output.html in a web browser.

Expected Results

  1. The aha command should execute without any errors.
  2. The output.html file should be generated in the current directory.
  3. Upon opening the output.html file in a web browser, the terminal's colored output (from the ls command) should be accurately represented in color, with the same colors being preserved from the terminal to the browser.

Optional

For more advanced testing, try using aha with various terminal outputs that include different ANSI sequences, not just colors. This might include bold text, underlined text, or others. Ensure the HTML representation matches the original terminal output in style and appearance.