OS Manuals

/usr/bin/ccze

fast log colorizer

From ccze 0.3.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running ccze --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: ccze [OPTION...]
ccze -- cheer up 'yer logs.

  -a, --argument=PLUGIN=ARGS...   Add ARGUMENTS to PLUGIN
  -A, --raw-ansi             Generate raw ANSI output
  -c, --color=KEY=COLOR,...  Set the color of KEY to COLOR
  -C, --convert-date         Convert UNIX timestamps to readable format
  -F, --rcfile=FILE          Read configuration from FILE
  -h, --html                 Generate HTML output
  -l, --list-plugins         List available plugins
  -m, --mode=MODE            Change the output mode
                             (Available modes are curses, ansi and html.)
  -o, --options=OPTIONS...   Toggle some options
                             (such as scroll, wordcolor and lookups,
                             transparent, or cssfile)
  -p, --plugin=PLUGIN        Load PLUGIN
  -r, --remove-facility      remove syslog-ng's facility from start of the
                             lines
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to <https://github.com/software-revive/ccze-rv>.
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a, --argument PLUGIN=ARGS...Use this option to pass ARGUMENTS to the specified PLUGIN.help + man
-A, --raw-ansiIf one wants to enable raw ANSI color sequences instead of using curses, this option does just that.help + man
-c, --color KEY=COLORSet the color of the keyword KEY to COLOR, like one would do in one of the configuration files.help + man
-C, --convert-dateConvert unix timestamp to readable date format (in oops and squid logs, for example).help + man
-F, --rcfile FILERead rcfile as a configuration file upon startup, instead of the default ones.help + man
-h, --htmlInstead of colorising the input onto the console, output it in HTML format instead.help + man
-l, --list-pluginsList all available (loaded) plugins, along with their type and a short description.help + man
-m, --mode MODEChange the output mode (Available modes are curses, ansi and html.)help + man
-o, --options OPTIONS...Toggle some options (such as scroll, wordcolor and lookups, transparent, or cssfile)help + man
-p, --plugin PLUGINWhile the default action is to load all plugins (see the Plugins section below), when this option is present, only the specified plugins will be loaded.help + man
-r, --remove-facility, --remove-faciltySyslog-ng puts the facility level before log messages.help + man
-?, --helpShow summary of options and exit.help + man
--usageGive a short usage messagehelp
-V, --versionShow version of program.help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.