Tech Tip: Color man Pages
To add a bit of color to your man pages install the most pager. For most DEB based distros:
$ sudo apt-get install most
For most RPM based distros:
$ yum install most
Failing these, get the source here.
Now set the pager used by man and try running man:
$ export MANPAGER="/usr/bin/most -s # or export MANPAGER="/usr/local/bin/most -s" $ man bash
Add the setting of MANPAGER to your shell ~/.profile to make the setting available when you login.
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An Alternative for Ubuntu
In terminal
Install most
:~$sudo apt-get install most
Let most format your man pages.
:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config pager
In the menu, select number corresponding to most(on mine its 5) and hit enter. Enjoy.
Less color for man pages
Less is much more powerful than most.
See how to get colored man pages with less here:
http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/572-less-colors-for-man-pages.html
or...
add the following to .Xdefaults
*VT100*colorULMode: on
*VT100*colorUL: MAGENTA
*VT100*underLine: off
*VT100*colorBDMode: on
*VT100*colorBD: GREEN
Then merge
xrdb -merge .Xdefaults
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