You can read the manual page for a Linux command as follows; this will display the man page for the\u00a0df command<\/a>:<\/p>\n df Command Man Page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n By default, the man program normally uses a terminal pager program such as\u00a0more or less<\/a>\u00a0to format its output, and the default view is normally in white color for every kind of text (bold, underlined etc..).<\/p>\n You can make some tweaks to your\u00a0 Add following color scheme variables.<\/p>\n Following are the color codes that we used in the above configuration.<\/p>\n And here are the meanings of the escape codes used in the above configuration.<\/p>\n You can additionally reset your terminal by typing\u00a0reset<\/strong>\u00a0or even start up another shell. Now when you try to view a man page\u00a0df command<\/a>, it should look like this, nicer than the default view.<\/p>\n Colored Man Page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Alternatively, you can use the\u00a0MOST<\/a>\u00a0paging program, which works on Unix-like operating systems and supports multiple windows and can scroll left and right.<\/p>\n Next, add the line below in your\u00a0 Most Paging Program for Linux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0How to Customize Bash Colors and Content in Linux Terminal Prompt<\/a><\/p>\n In this article, we showed you how to display beautifully colored man pages in Linux. To send us any queries or share any useful Linux shell tips\/tricks, use the comment section below.<\/p>\n$ man df \r\n<\/pre>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n~\/.bashrc<\/code>\u00a0file to get nicely colored man pages by specifying a color scheme using various\u00a0LESS_TERMCAP<\/strong>\u00a0variables.<\/p>\n$ vi ~\/.bashrc\r\n<\/pre>\n
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\\e[1;32m'\r\nexport LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\\e[1;32m'\r\nexport LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\\e[0m'\r\nexport LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\\e[0m'\r\nexport LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\\e[01;33m'\r\nexport LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\\e[0m'\r\nexport LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\\e[1;4;31m'\r\n<\/pre>\n
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![\"Colored](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colored-Man-Page.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ sudo apt install most\t\t#Debian\/Ubuntu \r\n# yum install most\t\t#RHEL\/CentOS\r\n# dnf install most\t\t#Fedora 22+\r\n<\/pre>\n
~\/.bashrc<\/code>\u00a0file, then source the file like before and possibly reset your terminal.<\/p>\nexport PAGER=\"most\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Most](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Most-Paging-Program.png\")
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