> On 26/1/2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an > >alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping > >ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of > >more. However, when piping ls stdout to the less command, less displays > >the directory listing in b/w and with control characters (escape seq with > >hex numbers?) around the filenames instead of just using the correct > >colors. > > > >Has anyone out there fixed this problem? I have tried changing the > >LESSCHARSET env. variable with no luck. Advice or tips would be > >appreciated. I should mention that I am using the console with > >$TERM=linux. > > for this reason and others such as redirecting ls output to a file i > have set my alias to ls -l --color=auto which will cause normal non > color listings when output goes anywhere but a tty. >
Then ls is sensing its output device and works accordingly? How does it do that?
