Piping --color attributes from ls to less (or more)...

[per©oDåN]

Howdy... easy Q:

Probably no way to do it...

When I invoke

ls -a --color=tty |less -e
or
vdir -a --color=tty |less -e

The color attribs don't get passed through the pipe. Without writing some kind of preprocessor (as is outlined in the man for less), how can I force the color attribs to less (or more if less won't do it)?

anks,

-perc

[Strike]

less doesn't handle escape sequences, so you just have to use more (though most might)

[per©oDåN]

more won't (or doesn't as far as I can see) carry the colors over from stdout...

most? hrmm....

[per©oDåN]

<float>

*would this kinda info be more readily available from the programming crew?*

[Strike]

Maybe, maybe not. more doesn't display the colors correctly? Really? Wow, it always has for me. Try color=always instead of color=tty.

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing...

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc).

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing...

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc).

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing...

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc).

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUY MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing...

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc).

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUY MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing...

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc).

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUY MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing... *damitol!*

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc)...

[per©oDåN]

d00d! that did it... I wasn't thinking that it'd need that, but since it was passing it's stdout to a pipe...

ahhh *enlightement*

(not the desqtop, either)

THANKS MUY MUCHO

NOW: if I could only get less to do the same thing... *damitol!*

(all the color tags come up as [ESC] around the affected output (dirs, execs, etc)...

[per©oDåN]

In case you can read this (I can't see any post after the 5th one above) I am not trying to BRB this thread or anything...

<someone just told me that my posts are making it to the board>

[Strike]

Ha, yeah, I see like 5 or 6 of your replies. You're just trying to pad your post count, aren't you? You've got a ways to go, I believe I've officially passed spacial_K as the heaviest poster.

[per©oDåN]

I definately believe it... and yours would outweigh most ppl here simply because so many of yours are actually topical/technical (not 92.3% Off-Topic posts, like mine).

Thanks agin (& sorry 'bout that er... um... extra postage)...