Usage: lesspipe <file>
lesspipe specific settings:
- LESSCOLOR env - toggle colorizing of output (no/yes/always)
+ LESSCOLOR env - toggle colorizing of output (no/yes/always; default: no)
LESSCOLORIZER env - program used to colorize output (default: code2color)
LESSIGNORE - list of extensions to ignore (don't do anything fancy)
You can create per-user filters as well by creating the executable file:
~/.lessfilter
- One argument is passed to it: the file to display.
+ One argument is passed to it: the file to display. The script should exit 0
+ to indicate it handled the file, or non-zero to tell lesspipe to handle it.
To use lesspipe, simply add to your environment:
export LESSOPEN="|lesspipe %s"
- Run 'less --help' or 'man less' for more info
+ Run 'less --help' or 'man less' for more info.
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elif [[ -d $1 ]] ; then
ls -alF -- "$1"