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--- linux:less-syntax-highlight [2022/01/20 15:20] – created Wulf Rajek
+++ linux:less-syntax-highlight [2023/05/29 11:55] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 # Setup: "apt-get install highlight"
-# Pipe Highlight to less
+# Pipe Highlight to less (remove --line-numbers option for better copy&pasting)
-export LESSOPEN="| $(which highlight) %s --out-format xterm256 --line-numbers --quiet --force --style solarized-light"
+export LESSOPEN="| $(which highlight) %s --out-format xterm256 --line-numbers --quiet --force --style freya"
 export LESS=" -R"
+# remove -N and --line-numbers for better copy&pasting. other options can be defined like this:
 alias less='less -m -N -g -i -J --line-numbers --underline-special'
 alias more='less'
 # Use "highlight" in place of "cat"
-alias cat="highlight $1 --out-format xterm256 --line-numbers --quiet --force --style solarized-light"
+alias cat="highlight $1 --out-format xterm256 --line-numbers --quiet --force --style freya"
 # Setup JSON Syntax Highlighting
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 Source: https://gist.github.com/textarcana/4611277
+On dark terminal, the following themes work well:
+bluegreen
+ekvoli
+freya
+moria
+solarized-light
+To only allow ansi control characters of text files, add to .bashrc
+<code>
+export LESS=" -R"
+</code>