diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 38ff450a8f68911b0ec63129467a59fa30017182..26038cd0a91e77fb32fb76e8fcce4b77fbffded3 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
     alias grep='grep --color=auto'
     alias diff='diff --color=auto'
     alias ip='ip -color'
+    alias less='less --raw-control-chars'
 fi
 
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