How to enable source highlighting when doing `less mycodefile.ext`

How to enable source highlighting when doing less mycodefile.ext Install source-highlight sudo apt install source-highlight Configure it on your .bash_profile lessWithSourceHighlightSetup() { # location of the script may vary src_hilite_pipe_script=`dpkg -L libsource-highlight-common | grep lesspipe` export LESSOPEN=”| ${src_hilite_pipe_script} %s” export LESS=’ -R ‘ } lessWithSourceHighlightSetup Use it on any code file less -N /path/to/mycode.ext view […]