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Created October 10, 2015 09:25
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Bash color man pages
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color_man_pages.sh
# To work, link this file to your .bashrc file
# Add colors to man pages
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m' # enter blinking mode
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m' # enter double-bright mode
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m' # turn off all appearance modes (mb, md, so, us)
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m' # leave standout mode
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m' # enter standout mode – yellow
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m' # leave underline mode
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m' # enter underline mode
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