• How to use less with colored output

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    If we try to use less on an application with colored output it will get messy like this:

    $ terraform plan | less (...) Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:  ESC[33m~ESC[0m update in-place ESC[0m Terraform will perform the following actions: ESC[1m # module.spinnaker.kubernetes_default_service_account.default_saESC[0m will be updated in-placeESC[0mESC[0m ESC[0m ESC[33m~ESC[0mESC[0m resource "kubernetes_default_service_account" "default_sa" {  ESC[1mESC[0midESC[0mESC[0m = "spinnaker-green/default"  ESC[90m# (2 unchanged attributes hidden)ESC[0mESC[0m  ESC[31m-ESC[0m ESC[0msecret {  ESC[31m-ESC[0m ESC[0mESC[1mESC[0mnameESC[0mESC[0m = "default-token-m2z4q" ESC[90m->ESC[0m ESC[0mESC[90mnullESC[0mESC[0m  }  ESC[90m# (1 unchanged block hidden)ESC[0mESC[0m  } ESC[0mESC[1mPlan:ESC[0m 0 to add, 1 to change, 0 to destroy. ESC[0mESC[90m (...) 

    22/10/2021

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