Command-line tool

enscript

brew/enscript

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Convert text to Postscript, HTML, or RTF, with syntax highlighting

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install enscript

Linux

brew install enscript

Generate a PostScript file from a text file

enscript path/to/input_file -o path/to/output_file

Generate a file in a different language than PostScript

enscript path/to/input_file -w html -o path/to/output_file

Generate a PostScript file with a landscape layout, splitting the page into columns (maximum 9)

enscript path/to/input_file --columns num -r -o path/to/output_file

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