question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

[Dave Mitchell]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:10:22AM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 07/31/2012 12:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >At the moment, I can't think of what editor would retain the colors.  :-(
> 
> If it's too long, run it through either more or less.

I think the complete command that would satisfy the OP is:

    ls -C --color=always | less -R

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