lesspipe is the product named in the request: a preprocessor for the less pager that converts non-text files into readable text 1. Alternatives that perform related viewing or formatting work are ANSI filtering with ansifilter 2 and text-formatting tools such as fmt 7.

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   lesspipelesspipe.orgwebsite read, tools not yet checked

   A preprocessor for the less pager that identifies file types and transforms non-text files into readable text, with syntax highlighting 1.

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2. 2

   ansifilterandre-simon.dewebsite read, tools not yet checked

   Removes ANSI escape codes from a text stream or converts them to HTML, TeX, RTF and other formats 2.

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   Fmtfmt.devwebsite read, tools not yet checked

   A text-formatting tool that reflows text to a given line width 7.

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