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Lesspipe.sh - Input filter for 'less'

lesspipe.sh is an input filter for the pager 'less' as described in less's man page. It runs under a ksh-compatible shell (ksh, bash, zsh) and lets you use 'less' to view compressed files, archives, and files contained in archives. Viewing files by accessing a device file has been implemented for DOS filesystems and tar files only.

The following formats are currently supported (both as plain and compressed files using compress, gzip, bzip2, or zip): tar, nroff, (sh)ar, executables, directories, RPM and Debian (.deb) Archives, Microsoft Word, files and PDF.



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Web pagehttp://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/lesspipe.html
Source tarball http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/less/lesspipe-1.42.tar.gz
Version 1.42 (stable) released on 2004-04-15
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

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Interfacescommand line
Source languagesShell script
Use requirementsbash (2.04 or later) *or* ksh *or* zsh, file (GNU file 3.27 or above recommended), gzip/bzip2/unzip (depending on compression method used)
Weak prerequisitesGNU tar, groff, ar, nm, strings, rpm, rpm2cpio, GNU cpio, antiword, dpkg, dpkg-deb, pdftotext, mdir, mtype, mtoolstest (according to which file type you are using)
Related programsLess

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-10-31
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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