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@@ -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
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