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Add this at the buttom of your bashrc file:

export PAGER="less"
export MANPAGER="less -R"
export LESS="RSi"
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;36m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[1;44;33m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;32m'
export MANROFFOPT="-c"

Where is the bashrc file?

In your ~/ directory

How do I open the file?

Via the command line: nano ~/.bashrc Via the GUI text editor:

• If you are using GNOME: gnome-text-editor ~/.bashrc
• If you are not using GNOME:
  • Install geany: sudo apt install geany -y
  • Open the file with geany: geany ~/.bashrc