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January 27, 2011 07:20
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This patch allows lesspipe.sh's color directory viewing to work with the ls in BSDs, including OS X
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diff --git a/lesspipe.sh.in b/lesspipe.sh.in | |
index 00b40fc..2e620f4 100755 | |
--- a/lesspipe.sh.in | |
+++ b/lesspipe.sh.in | |
@@ -506,13 +506,20 @@ isfinal() { | |
exit 1 | |
elif [[ "$1" = *directory* ]]; then | |
echo "==> This is a directory, showing the output of" | |
- echo "ls -lA $2" | |
# color requires -r or -R when calling less, not recommended | |
typeset COLOR | |
if [[ $(tput colors) -ge 8 && ("$LESS" = *-*r* || "$LESS" = *-*R*) ]]; then | |
COLOR="--color=always" | |
+ if ! ls $COLOR > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
+ COLOR="-G" | |
+ if ! ls $COLOR > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
+ COLOR="" | |
+ fi | |
+ fi | |
fi | |
- ls -lA $COLOR "$2" | |
+ cmd="CLICOLOR_FORCE=1 ls -lA $COLOR $2" | |
+ echo $cmd | |
+ eval $cmd | |
elif [[ "$1" = *\ tar* || "$1" = *\ tar* ]]; then | |
echo "==> use tar_file${sep}contained_file to view a file in the archive" | |
$tarcmd tvf "$2" |
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