Bash scanner for highlighting scripts with CodeRay Installation gem install coderay_bash Usage require 'rubygems' require 'coderay_bash' plain = File.read('some_script.sh') @body = CodeRay.scan(plain, :bash).div in your template then do something like <%= @body %> Types :bash :erb_bash -- erb code in bash strings For more information see CodeRay web pages Licence MIT