---
name: "pycolor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipython"
version: "0.13.1-2+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pycolor"
---

# pycolor(1)

Colorize a python file or stdin using ANSI and print to stdout.

## NAME

pycolor - Colorize a python file or stdin using ANSI and print to stdout.

## SYNOPSIS

**pycolor** \[*options*\] \[*file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Prints a colorized version of the input file (or standard input if no file is given, or the file name - is given) to standard out.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Output a brief help message.

- **-s, --scheme \<scheme\>**

  Give the color scheme to use.  Currently only Linux (default), LightBG, and NoColor are implemented.

## AUTHOR

pycolor is part of the IPython project (http://ipython.org). This manual page was written by Jack Moffitt \<jack@xiph.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).  Updated by Fernando Perez \<fernando.perez@berkeley.edu\>.