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"'less' doesn't interpret escape sequences unless the -r switch is used, so stop aliasing it to 'less -r' just because there's no colored output."

For GNU less, you can use the -R option, which is like -r except that it only lets color escapes through, and not all escape sequences. So if you want to alias less to less -R that is much safer.

Tried with vim, I see the escapes, cristal clear.

However, I honestly don't see why I should do something foolish as `curl | sh`, even though from time to time I see websites suggesting this crazy approach. The first thing I think of is "why should I give you control on my shell?".

…I guess, however, this is kind of a natural behavior for the user who doesn't know the shell-fu. I've seen a similar article once about Ubuntu Forums. Unfortunately I can't recall the URL.

Emacs would show everything.

As would view, which has the advantage of being, you know, actually meant for perusing text files.

I sort of like the hexdump approach to viewing text files, here.