-r switch - you'll be able to see the colors properly (or just imagine them), as it will interpret the escapes "properly".
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default
-r switch - you'll be able to see the colors properly (or just imagine them), as it will interpret the escapes "properly".
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret notation; for example,
a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as "^A". Warning: when the -r option is used, less cannot keep track of the actual appearance of
the screen (since this depends on how the screen responds to each type of control character). Thus, various display problems may
result, such as 