Lesspipe.sh
Lesspipe.sh
http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/lesspipe.html
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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Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
---|---|
Florian Cramer | Contributor |
Wolfgang Friebel | Maintainer |
Heinrich Kuettler | Contributor |
Derek B. Noonburg | Contributor |
Resources and communication
Audience | Resource type | URI |
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Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | mailto:Wolfgang.Friebel@desy.de | |
Developer | VCS Repository Webview | https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe/ |
Developer | Download | https://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/less/ |
Software prerequisites
Kind | Description |
---|---|
Weak prerequisite | mtoolstest (according to which file type you are using) |
Required to use | bash (2.04 or later) *or* ksh *or* zsh |
Weak prerequisite | pdftotext |
Weak prerequisite | rpm |
Weak prerequisite | groff |
Required to use | gzip/bzip2/unzip (depending on compression method used) |
Weak prerequisite | antiword |
Required to use | file (GNU file 3.27 or above recommended) |
Weak prerequisite | dpkg-deb |
Weak prerequisite | rpm2cpio |
Weak prerequisite | GNU tar |
Weak prerequisite | mtype |
Weak prerequisite | dpkg |
Weak prerequisite | nm |
Weak prerequisite | GNU cpio |
Weak prerequisite | ar |
Weak prerequisite | strings |
Weak prerequisite | mdir |
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