Lesspipe version 1.53 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.53

      View the most recent changes for the lesspipe port at: lesspipe.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for lesspipe.
      The raw portfile for lesspipe 1.53 is located here:
      http://lesspipe.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/lesspipe/Portfile
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      The lesspipe Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: lesspipe
      Version: 1.53
      Category: textproc
      Maintainers: gmail.com:ingmarstein
      Description: lesspipe is an input filter for the pager less.
      Long Description: lesspipe.sh is an input filter for the pager less as described in its man page. The script runs under a ksh compliant shell (ksh, bash, zsh) and allows to view files with binary content, compressed files, archives and files contained in archives. A large and growing number of formats are supported both as plain and compressed files using compress, gzip, bzip2 or zip.
      Homepage: http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/lesspipe.html
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.ifh.de/pub/unix/utility/ http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/less/
      Checksums: md5 8317458e4955e43fe39728a0928dfce6 sha1 94fb298292e122639b0bd167e7b3c9bccbc90837 rmd160 f0d13dcc2efc47ade174b9655db480696a85d7a4
      configure.args --yes --shell=/bin/bash
      build {}
      destroot.destdir PREFIX=${destroot}${prefix}
      post-install {
      ui_msg "Set this in your .bash_profile:"
      ui_msg "export LESSOPEN='| ${prefix}/bin/lesspipe.sh %s'"
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/lesspipe
      % sudo port install lesspipe
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching lesspipe
      ---> Verifying checksum for lesspipe
      ---> Extracting lesspipe
      ---> Configuring lesspipe
      ---> Building lesspipe with target all
      ---> Staging lesspipe into destroot
      ---> Installing lesspipe
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using lesspipe with these commands:
      %  man lesspipe
      % apropos lesspipe
      % which lesspipe
      % locate lesspipe

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