Lesspipe, lessopen, less filters, and some related concepts take everyones most favourite pager, less, and make it even more less than it already was.
This includes the ability to use less on compressed files, word processing files, spreadsheets, CSVs, HTML documents, PDFs, and more. Not always successfully, but often useful, especially when shell / terminal / console access is all you have.
This includes the ability to use less on compressed files, word processing files, spreadsheets, CSVs, HTML documents, PDFs, and more. Not always successfully, but often useful, especially when shell / terminal / console access is all you have.
Inspired by a recent HN comment thread: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39228864>