How to use pygmentize automatically with less

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I found pygmentize thanks to this answer, but it would be great if it could be used to highlight text with less or maybe replace the command.
Is there a way to do that? Thanks in advance.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '14 at 00:27

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It was easier than I expected. I must to use:

export LESSOPEN='|pygmentize %s'

answered Jan 16 '14 at 00:27

Alter Lagos

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without the `-R` option, less probably won't show the colours, but the raw escape codes – drevicko Feb 22 '16 at 16:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '14 at 00:25

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Yes, of course:

pygmentize -g /file/to/show | less -r

answered Jan 16 '14 at 00:25

kiri

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Maybe I wasn't enough clear in my question, but I was expecting to replace `less` for `pygmentize`.Thanks anyway – Alter Lagos Jan 16 '14 at 00:30

How to use pygmentize automatically with less

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