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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 ------------------------------ |