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-rw-r--r--src/src/exigrep.src10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/src/exigrep.src b/src/src/exigrep.src
index b678c0584..abc6f3a31 100644
--- a/src/src/exigrep.src
+++ b/src/src/exigrep.src
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ pod2usage if not @ARGV;
$pattern = shift @ARGV;
$pattern = quotemeta $pattern if $args{l};
+# Start a pager if output goes to a terminal
+if (-t 1)
+ {
+ foreach ($ENV{PAGER}//(), 'less', 'more')
+ {
+ open(my $pager, '|-', $_) or next;
+ select $pager;
+ last;
+ }
+}
# If file arguments are given, open each one and process according as it is
# is compressed or not.