---
name: "textile"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtext-textile-perl"
version: "2.13-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/textile"
---

# textile(1p)

Translate Textile markup language to HTML

## NAME

textile - Translate Textile markup language to HTML

## SYNOPSIS

```
 # translate a text file to HTML, print to screen
 textile file.txt
 # translate a snippet of text to HTML
 echo "hi there" | textile
 # translate a text file, output to a file
 textile -outfile out.html file.txt
 # translate a text file, output to a legal full HTML file
 # (By default, textile doesn't output <html>, <head> and <body> tags)
 textile -fullpage -outfile out.html file.txt

 # translate a text file, output to a legal full HTML file, add title
 # (-title implies -fullpage)
 textile -title "My <blink>133t</blink> web page" -outfile out.html file.txt
```

## DESCRIPTION

This program uses Brad Choate's Text::Textile module to convert  text in the Textile markup language into HTML. For example, it will convert "\_hi\_ there" to `"<p><em>hi</em> there</p>"`. Textile (developed by Dean Allen of \<http://textism.com\> lets you quickly write simple (or not so simple) text that (a) can be read as is, and (b) turns into readable HTML.

## AUTHOR

Amir Karger, akarger@cpan.org

Brad Choate built Text::Textile Dean Allen of Textism.com developed Textile.

## SEE ALSO

Text::Textile, \<http://textism.com\>