---
name: "coderay"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "coderay"
version: "1.1.3-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/coderay"
---

# coderay(1)

scans a file and generates syntax-highlighted html output

## NAME

coderay - scans a file and generates syntax-highlighted html output

## SYNOPSIS

**coderay** \[*options*\] \[*filename*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **coderay** command.

## OPTIONS

- **-\<lang\>**

  Specify language of input file.

- **-\<format\>**

  Specify format of output file (default HTML)

## SEE ALSO

Run **coderay** without any arguments to see full usage message.

- [**coderay\_stylesheet**(1)](/coderay_stylesheet/1.md).

  ## AUTHOR

coderay was written by Kornelius Kalnbach.

This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman \<joshua@opscode.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1.