you can "export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1" and have the terminal sequences redirected too. Something like that(I am using bourne again shell): export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1 ls -lG / | less -r
The -r option must be used, because less's default behavior is not to display control characters. Cheers, NikV On Tuesday 12 October 2004 13:38, FreeBSD questions mailing list wrote: > On 12 okt 2004, at 12:13, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:12:14PM +0200, FreeBSD questions mailing > > > > list wrote: > >> hmm, of course... > >> is there a way to preserve it and still have it display page after > >> page? > > > > I find this often works with "less" instead. > > I tried less but that seems to loose colours too > > > (please don't top post) > > huh? > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
