---
name: "clmake"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "colormake"
version: "0.9.20140504-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/clmake"
---

# clmake(1)

color wrapper for make(1) and less(1)

## NAME

clmake - color wrapper for [make(1)](/make/1.md) and [less(1)](/less/1.md)

## SYNOPSIS

**clmake** \[ **-f makefile** \] \[ option \] ...  target ...

## DESCRIPTION

clmake acts as a wrapper around [make(1)](/make/1.md) to ease reading the output by colorizing it. It also pipes the output to the [**less**(1)](/less/1.md) text pager.

## OPTIONS

clmake uses the same command line options as [**make**(1)](/make/1.md).

## USAGE

To change a makefile to use clmake, you may change the path at the top which normally reads **#!/usr/bin/make** to **#!/usr/bin/clmake**.

Alternately, you may type **clmake** whenever you would normally type **make** when compiling programs.

## AUTHORS

Bjarni R. Einarsson is the author of clmake.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

This manual page was written by Joe Wreschnig \<piman@sacredchao.net\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

[**make**(1)](/make/1.md), [**colormake**(1)](/colormake/1.md), [**less**(1)](/less/1.md)