From 0a5ca005e3f1c04dfb3e50e8821768d6d60aac13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jbranchaud Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 09:58:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Less With Style as a unix til --- README.md | 3 ++- unix/less-with-style.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 unix/less-with-style.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index affd2da..7a3ba70 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/). -_425 TILs and counting..._ +_426 TILs and counting..._ --- @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ _425 TILs and counting..._ - [Kill Everything Running On A Certain Port](unix/kill-everything-running-on-a-certain-port.md) - [Killing A Frozen SSH Session](unix/killing-a-frozen-ssh-session.md) - [Last Argument Of The Last Command](unix/last-argument-of-the-last-command.md) +- [Less With Style](unix/less-with-style.md) - [List All Users](unix/list-all-users.md) - [Only Show The Matches](unix/only-show-the-matches.md) - [Partial String Matching In Bash Scripts](unix/partial-string-matching-in-bash-scripts.md) diff --git a/unix/less-with-style.md b/unix/less-with-style.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f220892 --- /dev/null +++ b/unix/less-with-style.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Less With Style + +I was using `less` the other day to look at a log file. The log file was +filled with ANSI color escape sequences which made it pretty painful to +read. I was stuck looking at a white, unparsed log file instead of a +colorful, stylish one. + +The `-R` flag fixes this. It tells `less` to display the ANSI color escape +sequences as colors rather than the caret notation. + +The tradeoff is that `less` has _less_ control over the overall display of +the screen. This may result in some buggy display behavior, but not +necessarily. + +[source](http://superuser.com/questions/117841/get-colors-in-less-command)