Install Colored Man Pages on Raspberry Pi

Colored Man Pages

Add a bit of color coding to the documentation for linux commands.
You may have used the man command before.
man grep
man sudo
man ffmpeg
These are the manuals for all your linux commands, but everything is black and white. This script adds a red color to the program flag options, and gives a green color to any underlined text in the document. Result: more easily readible and digestable manpages.

To customize the colors, go familiarize yourself with the shell color codes here: https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting
Then, as root, go edit this file: /usr/local/bin/man

Fortunately, Colored Man Pages is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
Use Pi-Apps to install Colored Man Pages.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Bookworm.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
Colored Man Pages will run on either PiOS 32-bit or 64-bit.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps