diff --git a/srcpkgs/lesspipe/files/lesspipe.csh b/srcpkgs/lesspipe/files/lesspipe.csh
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+++ b/srcpkgs/lesspipe/files/lesspipe.csh
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+setenv LESSOPEN "|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s"
+setenv LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR 1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lesspipe/files/lesspipe.sh b/srcpkgs/lesspipe/files/lesspipe.sh
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+++ b/srcpkgs/lesspipe/files/lesspipe.sh
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+LESSOPEN="|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s"
+export LESSOPEN
+LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR=1; export LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lesspipe/template b/srcpkgs/lesspipe/template
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+# Template file for 'lesspipe'
+pkgname=lesspipe
+version=1.83
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+depends="less"
+short_desc="An input filter for the pager less"
+maintainer="Olga Ustuzhanina <me@laserbat.pw>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/lesspipe.html"
+distfiles="https://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~friebel/unix/less/lesspipe-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d616f0d51852e60fb0d0801eec9c31b10e0acc6fdfdc62ec46ef7bfd60ce675e
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin code2color
+	vbin sxw2txt
+	vbin tarcolor
+	vbin lesspipe.sh
+	vman lesspipe.1
+
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/lesspipe.sh 644 etc/profile.d
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/lesspipe.csh 644 etc/profile.d
+}