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ChanningJacobs / termcap.bash
Created April 18, 2026 03:38 — forked from bahamas10/termcap.bash
Colorize Manpages on the Terminal
# annotated by dave eddy (@yousuckatprogramming)
# explained - https://youtu.be/D0sG2fj0G4Y
# borrowed heavily from https://grml.org
# Begin blinking text mode
# I just use bold red here since my terminal has blinking disabled
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;31m'
# Begin bold text mode
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;31m'