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Viewing zip archive contents using 'less' on OS X

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I couldn't help but notice that the 'less' program on all of the recent distributions of Linux that I've used (Ubuntu and Gentoo in this case) allow me to view the contents of ZIP and TAR archives, while the install of 'less' that I have on OS X (and Solaris) instead produce a "foo.zip may be a bin…

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Fix for: Viewing zip archive contents using 'less' on OS X

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In OS X I suggest to directly install , for those who use (thanks Dmitry) : Append the following to your : Or Macports: To use lesspipe, set this in your :

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