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| -rw-r--r-- | src/scripts/xzless.in | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/scripts/xzless.in b/src/scripts/xzless.in index 6639943a..a3da697c 100644 --- a/src/scripts/xzless.in +++ b/src/scripts/xzless.in @@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ if test "${LESSMETACHARS+set}" != set; then LESSMETACHARS="$space$tab$nl'"';*?"()<>[|&^`#\$%=~' fi -LESSOPEN="|$xz -cdfq -- %s" +if test "$(less -V | { read ver && echo ${ver#less }; })" -ge 429; then + # less 429 or later: LESSOPEN pipe will be used on + # standard input if $LESSOPEN begins with |-. + LESSOPEN="|-$xz -cdfq -- %s" +else + LESSOPEN="|$xz -cdfq -- %s" +fi export LESSMETACHARS LESSOPEN exec less "$@" |