'less -R' not working
I got this in a file:
33[31mException log
And when I do:
less -R demo
I get no colors:
What am I doing wrong?
colors less
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
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asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
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I got this in a file:
33[31mException log
And when I do:
less -R demo
I get no colors:
What am I doing wrong?
colors less
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
1
Note that an actual escape character (U+1B) would be represented asESCin inverse colors, if you ranless demo, without-R.
– wjandrea
Jan 20 at 2:33
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I got this in a file:
33[31mException log
And when I do:
less -R demo
I get no colors:
What am I doing wrong?
colors less
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
I got this in a file:
33[31mException log
And when I do:
less -R demo
I get no colors:
What am I doing wrong?
colors less
colors less
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
edited Jan 20 at 2:02
Jeff Schaller
41.5k1056131
41.5k1056131
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
asked Jan 19 at 20:22
Gabriel A. ZorrillaGabriel A. Zorrilla
203510
203510
1
Note that an actual escape character (U+1B) would be represented asESCin inverse colors, if you ranless demo, without-R.
– wjandrea
Jan 20 at 2:33
add a comment |
1
Note that an actual escape character (U+1B) would be represented asESCin inverse colors, if you ranless demo, without-R.
– wjandrea
Jan 20 at 2:33
1
1
Note that an actual escape character (U+1B) would be represented as
ESC in inverse colors, if you ran less demo, without -R.– wjandrea
Jan 20 at 2:33
Note that an actual escape character (U+1B) would be represented as
ESC in inverse colors, if you ran less demo, without -R.– wjandrea
Jan 20 at 2:33
add a comment |
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You need to put the actual escape code in the file. One way to do this would be:
echo -e "33[31mException log" > file.txt
Then less -R file.txt should be able to interpret the color code.
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
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Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
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These characters are not a colour code sequence, but they are the sequence to tell some tools/programming-languages to create the desired character sequence.
e.g.
echo -e "33[31mException log"
answered Jan 19 at 22:53
ctrl-alt-delorctrl-alt-delor
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You need to put the actual escape code in the file. One way to do this would be:
echo -e "33[31mException log" > file.txt
Then less -R file.txt should be able to interpret the color code.
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
1,5901822
Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
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You need to put the actual escape code in the file. One way to do this would be:
echo -e "33[31mException log" > file.txt
Then less -R file.txt should be able to interpret the color code.
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
1,5901822
Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
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You need to put the actual escape code in the file. One way to do this would be:
echo -e "33[31mException log" > file.txt
Then less -R file.txt should be able to interpret the color code.
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
1,5901822
You need to put the actual escape code in the file. One way to do this would be:
echo -e "33[31mException log" > file.txt
Then less -R file.txt should be able to interpret the color code.
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
1,5901822
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
1,5901822
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
1,5901822
answered Jan 19 at 20:43
user1794469user1794469
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1,5901822
Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
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Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
Some other ways to generate these control sequences are at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491863 .
– JdeBP
Jan 20 at 10:31
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These characters are not a colour code sequence, but they are the sequence to tell some tools/programming-languages to create the desired character sequence.
e.g.
echo -e "33[31mException log"
answered Jan 19 at 22:53
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These characters are not a colour code sequence, but they are the sequence to tell some tools/programming-languages to create the desired character sequence.
e.g.
echo -e "33[31mException log"
answered Jan 19 at 22:53
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These characters are not a colour code sequence, but they are the sequence to tell some tools/programming-languages to create the desired character sequence.
e.g.
echo -e "33[31mException log"
answered Jan 19 at 22:53
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These characters are not a colour code sequence, but they are the sequence to tell some tools/programming-languages to create the desired character sequence.
e.g.
echo -e "33[31mException log"
answered Jan 19 at 22:53
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Note that an actual escape character (U+1B) would be represented as
ESCin inverse colors, if you ranless demo, without-R.– wjandrea
Jan 20 at 2:33