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   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # This is a preprocessor for 'less'.  It is used when this environment
   3 # variable is set:   LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
   4
   5 lesspipe() {
   6   case "$1" in
   7   *.tar) tar tvvf $1 2>/dev/null ;; # View contents of .tar and .tgz files
   8   *.tgz|*.tar.gz|*.tar.Z|*.tar.z) gzip -dc $1 | tar tvvf - 2>/dev/null ;;
   9   *.tar.bz2) bzip2 -dc $1 | tar tvvf - 2>/dev/null ;;
  10   *.zip) unzip -l $1 2>/dev/null ;;
  11   *.[1-9n]|*.man)
  12     groff -te -Tascii -mandoc $1 ;;
  13   *.[1-9].gz|*.man.gz)
  14     gzip -dc $1 | groff -te -Tascii -mandoc ;;
  15   *.Z|*.z|*.gz) gzip -dc $1  2>/dev/null ;; # View compressed files correctly
  16   *.bz2) bzip2 -dc $1  2>/dev/null ;; # View compressed files correctly
  17 #  *) FILE=`file -L $1` ; # Check to see if binary, if so -- view with 'strings'
  18 #    FILE1=`echo $FILE | cut -d ' ' -f 2`
  19 #    FILE2=`echo $FILE | cut -d ' ' -f 3`
  20 #    if [ "$FILE1" = "Linux/i386" -o "$FILE2" = "Linux/i386" \
  21 #         -o "$FILE1" = "ELF" -o "$FILE2" = "ELF" ]; then
  22 #      strings $1
  23 #    fi ;;
  24   esac
  25 }
  26
  27 lesspipe $1