Highlight Text

A small command-line utility which highlights the given substring in the specified text with the specified color.

Download

Source: https://github.com/jackdp/Highlight-Text

Compiled binaries (Windows 32-bit and 64-bit): http://www.pazera-software.com/products/highlight-text/

Usage

hlt.exe TEXT [-c=COLORS] [-s=1|0] [-t=STR] [-l] [-h] [-V] [--license] [--home]

Mandatory arguments to short options are mandatory for long options too. Options are case-sensitive. Options and values in square brackets are optional. You can use the -t, -c, and -s options multiple times.

Options

Option	Description
-t, --highlight-text=STR	Text to be highlighted.
-c, --colors=FgColor[,BgColor]	The foreground and background color used to highlight the specified text. See the list of available colors below.
-s, --case-sensitive=1/0	Consider the character case when searching for the text to highlight. By default -s=0 (not case sensitive)
-l, --log-colors	Highlight some special words used in the logs such as Error, Failed, Warning, Success etc.
-h, --help	Show this help.
-V, --version	Show application version.
--license	Display program license.
--home	Opens program homepage in the default browser.

TEXT

Text can be given on the command line or/and redirected from an external command via a pipe. You can provide multiple text values in any combination with the options.

Available colors

Fuchsia = LightMagenta
Lime = LightGreen
Color names are case insensitive.

Exit codes

Exit code	Description
0	OK (no error)
1	Other error
2	Syntax error

Examples

1. Highlight the word ipsum and amet with the default colors:
   hlt "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." -t ipsum -t amet
   Result:
   

2. Highlight the word ipsum with the red color, and word dolor with the lime color:
   hlt "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." -c yellow,darkred -t ipsum -c black,lime -t dolor
   Result:
   

3. Highlight the file extension .txt and .bat in the file list returned by the ls command:
   ls -alh | hlt -c yellow -t .bat -c blue -t .txt
   Result:
   

4. Nested highlighting. Highlight the text ConEmu and nE in the variable list returned by the set command:
   set | hlt -t ConEmu -c black,blue -s 1 -t nE
   Result:
   

Compilation

To compile, you need the Lazarus IDE and several units from the JPLib package.

How to build:

1. Install JPLib package in the Lazarus IDE.
2. Open src\HighlightText.lpi file with the Lazarus.
3. Build project (menu Run->Build).

Releases

2020.10.13 - Version 1.0