colourization in ls command

[Andy Smith]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:38:19PM +0200, FreeBSD questions mailing list wrote:
> On 12 okt 2004, at 12:13, Andy Smith wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:12:14PM +0200, FreeBSD questions mailing 
> >list wrote:
> >>hmm, of course...
> >>is there a way to preserve it and still have it display page after 
> >>page?
> >
> >I find this often works with "less" instead.
> 
> I tried less but that seems to loose colours too

You're right, it does lose it.

        gls --color | less -R

does work however.

GNU ls can be found in sysutils/coreutils port.

> >(please don't top post)
> >
> huh?

Have a read of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

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