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| author | citibeth <rpf2116@columbia.edu> | 2016-03-27 15:22:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Elizabeth Fischer <elizabeth.fischer@columbia.edu> | 2016-08-23 16:36:02 -0400 |
| commit | 2efd7a5e0b672eafb40fea74da434590f0362e66 (patch) | |
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Added note on use of 'less -R' for colorized output.
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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst index a42d941791..a5478d10c2 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Basic usage The ``spack`` command has many *subcommands*. You'll only need a small subset of them for typical usage. +Note that Spack colorizes output. ``less -R`` should be used with +Spack to maintian this colorization. Eg:: + + spack find | less -R + +It is recommend that the following be put in your ``.bashrc`` file:: + + alias less='less -R' + Listing available packages ------------------------------ |