My issue with this is that while
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ls --color=always | less -r
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works nicely,
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ls --color=always file.txt
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does not ( color codes ). I would like to include aliases to 'ls' and 'less' in
my login profile to have '--color' and '-r' respectively, but run into the
aforementioned
On 26/1/2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an
alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping
ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of
more. However, when piping ls stdout to the less
Then ls is sensing its output device and works accordingly? How does it do
that?
With the isatty(3) function.
HTH,
Eric
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/2000 14:16:05 GMT
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Subject: less and color
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I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an
alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping
ls stdout
not less try
ls --color=always | less -r
but the problem is in that case less doesn't know how long the line is and
doesn't correctly diaplay it.
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to 'more' ?
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I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an
alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping
ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of
more. However, when piping ls stdout to the less command, less displays
the directory listing in
On 26/1/2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an
alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping
ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of
more. However, when piping ls stdout to the less
tried giving less the -r switch? I don't have any alises, but ls
--color | less -r works fine for me. Please forgive me if this is obvious and
not the solution to your problem:)
Hans
Asher Haig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That doesn't seem to do anything different. My problem is that when I
pipe an ls to less, I end up with a bunch of b/w color codes instead of
colors. Makes it hard to read.
Did you do ls -r? That seems to be the key.
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Is there a version of Less that will support color ls?
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George Bonser, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 5/30/98 6:08 AM
try ls --color=always
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Asher Haig wrote:
Is there a version of Less that will support color ls?
That doesn't seem to do anything different. My problem is that when I
pipe an ls to less, I end up with a bunch of b/w
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Asher Haig wrote:
Is there a version of Less that will support color ls?
ls --color=always | less -r
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On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Asher Haig wrote:
Is there a version of Less that will support color ls?
Asher
My settings are as follows. I have no trouble with ls |less.
09:49:54:~$alias ls
alias ls='/usr/bin/color-ls $LS_OPTIONS '
09:49:58:~$echo $LS_OPTIONS
--8bit --color=tty -F
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