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xzless: Support compressed standard input
It can be somewhat confusing that less < some_file.txt works fine, whereas xzless < some_file.txt.xz does not. Since version 429, ‘less’ allows a filter specified in the LESSOPEN environment variable to preprocess its input even if it comes from standard input, if $LESSOPEN begins with ‘|-’. So set $LESSOPEN to take advantage of this feature. Check less’s version at runtime so xzless can continue to work with older versions.
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@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ if test "${LESSMETACHARS+set}" != set; then
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LESSMETACHARS="$space$tab$nl'"';*?"()<>[|&^`#\$%=~'
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fi
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LESSOPEN="|$xz -cdfq -- %s"
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if test "$(less -V | { read ver && echo ${ver#less }; })" -ge 429; then
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# less 429 or later: LESSOPEN pipe will be used on
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# standard input if $LESSOPEN begins with |-.
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LESSOPEN="|-$xz -cdfq -- %s"
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else
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LESSOPEN="|$xz -cdfq -- %s"
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fi
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export LESSMETACHARS LESSOPEN
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exec less "$@"
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