category: Text
build-depends: cygport bash zsh git libiconv less mutt vim perl antiword binutils brotli bsdtar bzip2 cabextract catdoc cpio djvulibre genisoimage ghostscript groff gzip hdf5 id3v2 ImageMagick jq lynx lz4 lzip mediainfo netcdf odt2txt openssl p7zip perl-Archive-Zip perl-Image-ExifTool poppler python39-pygments rpm source-highlight texlive unrtf unzip util-linux w3m wordview writerperfect wv xlsx2csv xz zstd
sdesc: "less pager input file preprocessor"
ldesc: "Converts many file formats to text with coloured or enhanced display,
so their contents or useful information about their contents can be shown.
See the less(1) man page section INPUT PREPROCESSOR.
The input filter is a bash script, which also works under zsh, and is
easily extensible for new formats.
Tab completion mechanisms for archive contents are provided for bash and zsh.
Also works with git version control, mutt mail client, vim text editor.
Can handle a wide variety of file formats, even files compressed and
contained in a hierarchy of archives, enabling users to deeply inspect
archives, and display the contents of files in archives without having
to unpack them.
Converters are checked for and used if available, including Cygwin packages:
	antiword		MS Word files
	binutils		text strings in binary files or archives
	brotli			compressed files or archives
	bsdtar			archive files
	bzip2			compressed files or archives
	cabextract		MS Cabinet files
	catdoc			MS Word files
	cpio			archive files
	djvulibre		DjVu files
	genisoimage		ISO files or images
	ghostscript		PS files
	groff			man pages or Unix source documents
	gzip			compressed files or archives
	hdf5			HDF v5 files
	id3v2			media files
	ImageMagick		image files
	jq			JSON data files
	libiconv		character set code page conversion
	lynx			HTML files
	lz4			compressed files or archives
	lzip			compressed files or archives
	mediainfo		media files
	netcdf			nc4 NetCDF files
	odt2txt			OpenDocument files
	openssl			Digital Security Certificates
	p7zip			archive files
	perl-Image-ExifTool	media files
	poppler			PDF files
	python39-pygments	program source code files
	rpm			RPM files
	source-highlight	program source code files
	texlive			TeX files
	unrtf			RTF files
	unzip			zip files
	util-linux		tabular data files
	w3m			HTML files
	wordview		MS Office files
	writerperfect		MS Office files
	wv			MS Word files
	xlsx2csv		MS Excel files
	xz			compressed files or archives
	zstd			compressed files or archives.
To use these, select them for install in the Cygwin Setup program."
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homepage: https://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/lesspipe.html
license: GPL-2.0-or-later