There's probably no way but instead of using env
, use set
instead:
> set | grep ^LESS_TERM
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[1;31m'
LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[1;31m'
LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[1;44;33m'
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[1;32m'
Another way is to explicitly change the characters:
> env | grep ^LESS_TERMCAP | sed 's|\x1b|ESC|g'
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=ESC[1;31m
LESS_TERMCAP_md=ESC[1;31m
LESS_TERMCAP_me=ESC[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=ESC[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_us=ESC[1;32m
LESS_TERMCAP_so=ESC[1;44;33m
LESS_TERMCAP_se=ESC[0m