---
name: "pipetty"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "colorized-logs"
version: "2.7-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pipetty"
---

# pipetty(1)

a tool to pipe from a pseudoterminal

## NAME

pipetty - a tool to pipe from a pseudoterminal

## SYNOPSIS

**pipetty** *command* \[ *args...* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**pipetty** lets you make a program unaware that its output is being redirected. This is usually useful for tools that detect whether they're run from a terminal and modify their output, typically colorizing it only when run interactively.

Usually, disabling colors when redirected is a good thing as most tools can't cope with ANSI codes.  Use **pipetty** when you do want colors, like when you're going to feed that output to **ansi2html** or **less -R**.

## CAVEATS

Certain programs, such as **bash**, don't quite like their stdin to be on a different terminal than stdout.

## SEE ALSO

[**ansi2html**(1)](/ansi2html/1.md), [**ansi2txt**(1)](/ansi2txt/1.md), [**less**(1)](/less/1.md).