html | browser

browser

#!/bin/sh -e                                           
#                                                      
# Usage: browser                                       
#        pipe html to a browser                        
# e.g.                                                 
#  $ echo "<h1>hi mom!</h1>" | browser                 
#  $ ron -5 man/rip.5.ron | browser   
                                                       
if [ -t 0 ]; then                                      
  cat <<usage
Usage: browser                                         
       pipe html to a browser                          
                                                       
$ echo '<h1>hi mom!</h1>' | browser                    
$ ron -5 man/rip.5.ron | browser                       
usage
else                                                   
  f="/tmp/browser.$RANDOM.html"                        
  cat /dev/stdin > $f                                  
  open $f                                              
fi

Installation:

brew install browser

Or, if you must:

 sudo curl http://gist.github.com/raw/318247/browser -o /usr/local/bin/browser
 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/browser