For this reason I have a zsh function in my .zshrc with bat (which pages by default, if it's longer than your console height): https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#h

For this reason I have a zsh function in my .zshrc with bat (which pages by default, if it's longer than your console height): https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#highlighting---help-messages https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#highlighting---help-messages # in your .bashrc/.zshrc/*rc alias bathelp='bat --plain --language=help' help() { "$@" --help 2>&1 | bathelp } This highlights the help output with colors so it looks nicer, works with most help outputs, as it highlights the first part which is the flag/argument in one color and the description in another color