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Added note on use of 'less -R' for colorized output.

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The ``spack`` command has many *subcommands*. You'll only need a The ``spack`` command has many *subcommands*. You'll only need a
small subset of them for typical usage. small subset of them for typical usage.
Note that Spack colorizes output. ``less -R`` should be used with
Spack to maintian this colorization. Eg::
spack find | less -R
It is recommend that the following be put in your ``.bashrc`` file::
alias less='less -R'
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