Convert special characters `less' pager displays as their hexadecimal representation into their binary form.

gistfile1.txt

Example:
"ma<B3>gorzata posz<B3>a do domu"

`<B3>' which stands for `ł' character in cp1250 encoding

which gets decoded to "małgorzata poszła do domu"


Example application in vim editor
Place the script in your $PATH
and execute:

:%!lessencfix.pl

lessencfix.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
do {
    s/\<([0-9A-F]{2})\>/chr(hex($1))/ge;
    print;
} while(<>);