"more" command alternative that does support colors? [closed]
Most commands that can output color have an option to choose between:
- ON: Always output color
- OFF: Never output color
- AUTO: Show color if and only if the output is a terminal
Many commands work automatically in color AUTO mode. That is the case for emerge. And that is why you do not have color when you pipe the output: the pioe is not a terminal.
The solution is to tell emerge to output the colors unconditionally. And tell less not to filter them, of course.
Try:
emerge --color y | less -R