Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread Rob
My issue with this is that while -- ls --color=always | less -r -- works nicely, -- ls --color=always file.txt -- 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

Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
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

Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Then ls is sensing its output device and works accordingly? How does it do that? With the isatty(3) function. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)

Re: less and color

2000-01-27 Thread lorenzo . zampese
I have got the same problem with 'more' and 'less' too. How did you configure 'ls' for displaying colors when piping to 'more' ? Thank you. -- Memo - Header --- To: debian-user@lists.debian.org cc: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: less and color

2000-01-27 Thread Matus \fantomas\ Uhlar
- I have got the same problem with 'more' and 'less' too. - - How did you configure 'ls' for displaying colors when piping to 'more' ? - 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

Re: less and color

2000-01-27 Thread W. Paul Mills
more handles colors fine. But you must add the --color option to ls when piping if you want colors. less needs the -r option to handle colors. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I have got the same problem with 'more' and 'less' too. : How did you configure 'ls' for displaying colors when piping to

Re: less and color

2000-01-26 Thread Ethan Benson
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

Re: less and color

2000-01-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
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

Re: Less in color?

1998-05-31 Thread Michael Harnois
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. -- Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer

Re: Less in color?

1998-05-30 Thread Asher Haig
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

Re: Less in color?

1998-05-30 Thread storm
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Asher Haig wrote: Is there a version of Less that will support color ls? ls --color=always | less -r -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Less in color?

1998-05-30 Thread DAVID B. TEAGUE
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 --David David B