This is a quick reminder of a very useful function for bash/zsh that I use every day:
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| # syntax highlighting pager
# use instead of less
function = () {
/usr/share/vim/vim73/macros/less.sh "$*"
}
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Add the lines above to your ~/.zshrc
/~/.bashrc
and you’ll get two features:
one-character function name significantly speeds up typing (instead of less
), and
syntax highlighting powered by vim
(you need to have it installed, obviously).
The original idea is posted here: http://machine-cycle.blogspot.com/2007/10/syntax-highlighting-pager.html. It was tested in bash and used -
as the name, but my zsh produced the following error: cd:cd:10: string not in pwd: -
. Turned out zsh (or https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/) enabled this feature when -
was acting as cd -
(that is, jumping to previous directory). Thus, the function name =
works better here.