Diff File contents while reading using "cat" and "more"

maitree@123 · 07-31-2014, 05:02 AM

Hello,

I wanted to redirect colour font to output file in BASH shell (AIX OS).
But when I am trying to read the file using "cat" the output is showing in desired colour but while I am reading the file in more the output is coming in default white font.

Pls explain how can I resolve the issue.

pan64 · 07-31-2014, 08:00 AM

I have no idea what is the issue to solve and what could be the solution.

maitree@123 · 07-31-2014, 08:09 AM

Let me explain you :-

Suppose

GREEN='\033[00;32m'

I want to redirect the content of the output to a file which will have the font with GREEN colour.

$ echo "$GREEN Hello2 $NONE" >tmp.txt
$ cat tmp.txt
Hello2

When I opening the file using cat command the font of the content of tmp.txt file (i,e; Hello2) is coming in GREEN colour but if I open the file in more command it is not reflecting the desired colour.

Hope you understand the issue now.

NevemTeve · 07-31-2014, 08:59 AM

True. AIX!more doesn't display ESC directly:

Code:

$ more green.txt
^[[32mGreen^[[m

Use option -v:

Code:

$ more -v green.txt
Green