{"id":4467,"date":"2023-02-10T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T07:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:14:22","slug":"how-to-display-color-man-pages-in-linux-and-unix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-display-color-man-pages-in-linux-and-unix\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Display Color Man Pages in Linux and Unix"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can display colored man pages in Linux and Unix by using the GROFF_NO_SGR<\/code> environment variable and piping the output of the man<\/code> command through a pager, such as less<\/code>.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example of how to display color man pages in a Linux or Unix system:<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
export<\/span> GROFF_NO_SGR=1
\nman <command<\/span>> | less -R
\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Where <command><\/code> is the name of the command you want to view the man page for.<\/p>\n

In this example, we’re setting the GROFF_NO_SGR<\/code> environment variable to 1<\/code>, which tells the groff<\/code> text formatting system not to use the SGR (Select Graphic Rendition) control sequences for text formatting. This allows the output of man<\/code> to be displayed with color in the pager.<\/p>\n

We’re then piping the output of the man<\/code> command through less<\/code>, with the -R<\/code> option, which tells less<\/code> to display ANSI escape sequences as-is, allowing it to display the output with color.<\/p>\n

You can also add this line to your shell profile file (e.g., ~\/.bashrc<\/code>, ~\/.bash_profile<\/code>, or ~\/.zshrc<\/code>) to make the change permanent.<\/p>\n

(https:\/\/fujifilm-x.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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