bat2html

bat2html.pl

Download it here.

This Perl script converts a DOS batch file to HTML.
It also works with Config.sys like files and Windows-style .ini files.

Version 1.0 - March, 13 1998.

Here is a sample source batch file and the output file, that use a style sheet. The command line was :

bat2html.pl -title AutoExec.bat -stylesheet ../../gta/gta.css <autoexec.bat >autoexec.html

bat2html.pl use HTML 4.0 and CSS for formatting, but you can easily modify this behavior in the code.
CSS styles are :

You can put HTML in your batch file, in comments lines like that: 
	REM {SPAN Style="color: blue;"}This text is blue.{/SPAN}
	REM {FONT Color="blue"}This is old-style blue text.{/FONT}
	REM Copyright © 1998 {A HRef="mailto:%64%6F%6C%6d%65%6E%40%62%69%67%66%6F%6F%74%2E%63%6F%6d"}Olivier Mengu&eacute;{/A}
	REM {!-- This text will not appear in the HTML --}
& is not escaped in comment lines.

The script file is a DOS file (CRLF at end of lines), but who cares DOS batch files on UNIX or Mac?

TODO: escape diacritics for code page 437.

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