NAME

       pygmentize - highlights the input file

SYNOPSIS

       pygmentize                                        [-l <lexer>] [-F <filter>[:<options>]] [-f <formatter>]
       [-O <options>] [-P <option=value>] [-o <outfile>] [<infile>]
       pygmentize -S <style> -f <formatter> [-a <arg>] [-O <options>] [-P <option=value>]
       pygmentize -L [<which> ...]
       pygmentize -H <type> <name>
       pygmentize -h | -V

DESCRIPTION

       Pygments is a generic syntax highlighter for general use in all kinds of software such as forum  systems,
       wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code.

       Its highlights are:
         * a wide range of common languages and markup formats is supported
         * special attention is paid to details, increasing quality by a fair amount
         * support for new languages and formats are added easily
         * a number of output formats, presently HTML, LaTeX and ANSI sequences
         * it is usable as a command-line tool and as a library
         * ... and it highlights even Brainfuck!

       pygmentize is a command that uses Pygments to highlight the input file and write the result to <outfile>.
       If no <infile> is given, stdin is used.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -l <lexer>
              Set the lexer name. If not given, the lexer is guessed from the extension of the input  file  name
              (this obviously doesn't work if the input is stdin).

       -F <filter>[:<options>]
              Add  a  filter  to  the token stream. You can give options in the same way as for -O after a colon
              (note: there must not be spaces around the colon).  This option can be given multiple times.

       -f <formatter>
              Set the formatter name. If not given, it will be guessed from the extension  of  the  output  file
              name. If no output file is given, the terminal formatter will be used by default.

       -o <outfile>
              Set output file. If not given, stdout is used.

       -O <options>
              With this option, you can give the lexer and formatter a comma-separated list of options, e.g. "-O
              bg=light,python=cool". Which options are valid for which lexers and formatters can be found in the
              documentation.  This option can be given multiple times.

       -P <option=value>
              This  option adds lexer and formatter options like the -O option, but you can only give one option
              per -P. That way, the option value may contain commas and equals signs, which it can't with -O.

       -S <style>
              Print out style definitions for style <style> and for formatter <formatter>.  The meaning  of  the
              argument given by -a <arg> is formatter dependent and can be found in the documentation.

       -L [<which> ...]
              List  lexers,  formatters,  styles  or  filters.  Set  <which> to the thing you want to list (e.g.
              "styles"), or omit it to list everything.

       -H <type> <name>
              Print detailed help for the object <name>  of  type  <type>,  where  <type>  is  one  of  "lexer",
              "formatter" or "filter".

       -h     Show help screen.

       -V     Show version of the Pygments package.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/python-pygments/index.html

AUTHOR

       pygmentize was written by Georg Brandl <g.brandl@gmx.net>.

       This  manual  page  was written by Piotr Ozarowski <ozarow@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (but may be
       used by others).

                                                February 15, 2007                                  PYGMENTIZE(1)