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NAME

       grcat  -  read  from standard input, colourise it and write to standard
       output

SYNOPSIS

       grcat configuration

DESCRIPTION

       configuration is a name of a configuration file.  Directories  ~/.grc/,
       /usr/local/share/grc/,  /usr/share/grc/  are  searched for the file (in
       this order).

       If the file is not found, it is assumed to be an  absolute  path  of  a
       configuration file located elsewhere.

       Configuration  file  consists  of  entries, one per regexp, entries are
       separated with lines with first character non-alphanumeric (except  #).
       Lines beginning with # or empty lines are ignored.

       Each   entry   consists   of   several  lines.   Each  line  has  form:
       keyword=value where keyword is one of: regexp, colours, command,  skip,
       count.   Only  regexp  is mandatory, but it does not have much sense by
       itself unless you specify at least a colour or command keyword as well.

       regexp is the regular expression to match

       colours  is  the  list of colours, separated by commas (you can specify
       only one colour), each colour per one regexp group specified in regexp.

       command  is command to be executed when regexp matches. Its output will
       be mixed with normal stdout, use redirectors ( >/dev/null) if you  want
       to supress it.

       skip can be either yes, or no, if yes, the matched line will be skipped
       and not displayed in output.  Default is no.

       count is one of words: once, more, or stop.

       once means that if the regexp  is  matched,  its  first  occurrence  is
       coloured and the program will continue with other regexp’s.

       more  means  that  if  there  are multiple matches of the regexp in one
       line, all of them will be coloured.

       stop means that the regexp will be coloured and program  will  move  to
       the next line (i.e. ignoring other regexp’s)

       Regular  expressions  are  evaluated  from  top  to bottom, this allows
       nested and overlapped expressions. (e.g. you colour  everything  inside
       parentheses  with one colour, and if a following expression matches the
       text inside parentheses, it will be also coloured)

OPTIONS

       None so far.

SEE ALSO

       grc(1)

AUTHOR

       Written by Radovan Garabík <garabik @ kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk>