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Alter Lagos
Asked: 2014-01-16 16:21:17 +0800 CST

How to use pygmentize automatically with less [duplicate]

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I found pygmentize thanks to this answer, but it would be great if it could be used to highlight text with less or maybe replace the command.
Is there a way to do that? Thanks in advance.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It was easier than I expected. I must to use:

    export LESSOPEN='|pygmentize %s'
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  2. Yes, of course:

    pygmentize -g /file/to/show | less -r
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