1) Create a file ~/.less_termcap with color settings
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$(tput bold; tput setaf 2) # green export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$(tput bold; tput setaf 6) # cyan export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$(tput sgr0) export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$(tput bold; tput setaf 3; tput setab 4) # yellow on blue export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$(tput rmso; tput sgr0) export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$(tput smul; tput bold; tput setaf 7) # white export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$(tput rmul; tput sgr0) export LESS_TERMCAP_mr=$(tput rev) export LESS_TERMCAP_mh=$(tput dim) export LESS_TERMCAP_ZN=$(tput ssubm) export LESS_TERMCAP_ZV=$(tput rsubm) export LESS_TERMCAP_ZO=$(tput ssupm) export LESS_TERMCAP_ZW=$(tput rsupm) export GROFF_NO_SGR=1 # For Konsole and Gnome-terminal
2) Add the following lines to your .bashrc
export LESS="${LESS} --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS" [[ -f ~/.less_termcap ]] && . ~/.less_termcap
3) Reload bash settings with
source ~/.bashrc
And now you should be able to see man pages in color.