bcat

node-bcat

Pipe to browser utility, this is (sort of a) a bcat clone in javascript.

usage

  --port                      set a port for this bcat execution
  --contentType               content type header                         [default: "text/html"]
  --ansi                      add --ansi to show colorful ansi
  --ansiBackground, --ansiBg  change the background when displaying ansi  [default: "#000000"]
  --backgroundColor, --bg     change the background color in the browser  [default: "#ffffff"]

An available port between 8080 - 8181 will be automatically picked if --port is not specified

example

> npm install -g bcat

> cat somefile | bcat

> echo '<hr>' | bcat

Want to see something moving too?

test.js:

setInterval(function () {
	console.log(1)
}, 1000)

then

> node test.js | bcat