How to view terminal color codes as colors in Sublime Text

Question

I have some log files that use color schemes. I would like to be able to view those logs in Sublime Text and still see the colors. Currently when I view the log file I see things like this:

2013-11-20T15:53:02.711Z - [34minfo[39m: Default profiles created 2013-11-20T15:53:02.712Z - [34minfo[39m: Finished server initialization 2013-11-20T15:53:02.712Z - [34minfo[39m: Start collecting garbage 

The text between [34m and [39m is colored. Is anyone aware of a plugin that does this?

Answer 1

Install the SublimeANSI plugin and change the syntax of your log file to ANSI (using the View -> Syntax menu.)

Also available as ANSIescape on Package Control.

Answer 2

@keheliya's answer is correct...but how to install said package?

Install ANSIescape package:

1. Ctrl + Shift + P --> type "install", select "Package Control: Install Package" --> wait a few seconds, and a new search bar will pop up.
2. In the new search bar --> search for "ANSIescape" and select it.
3. Watch the status bar in the very bottom to see when it's done installing. It should just take a few seconds. Done!

Now, to use it, click the current syntax highlighting text in the very bottom right of your Sublime Text 3 window. Choose "ANSI", as shown below.

You may also choose this from the menus: View --> Syntax --> ANSI.

Alternative, command-line option

Instead of Sublime Text 3, you can also try less -r filename and less -R filename, but if your file has mixed color codes it may be easier to look at in Sublime Text 3 anyway. My favorite less command options are -RFX, which produce the effect seen in git diff (and also seen in my thin wrapper program I wrote to show line numbers in git diff: git diffn). For example:

less -RFX filename 

Description:

• -R to interpret ANSI color codes
• -F to quit immediately if the output takes up less than one-screen, and:
• -X to not clear the screen when less exits!

See:

1. How do I prevent 'git diff' from using a pager?
2. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38634/is-there-any-way-to-exit-less-without-clearing-the-screen/38638#38638

Other, useful Sublime Text plugins I like:

1. "Emmet" plugin to find matching HTML tags: Find closing HTML tag in Sublime Text