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Thanks @relikd for the steps #81 (comment)
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# QuicklookStephen

QLStephen is a QuickLook plugin that lets you view plain text files without a file extension. Files like:
QLStephen is a QuickLook plugin that lets you view text files without their own dedicated QuickLook plugin. Files like:

README
INSTALL
Capfile
CHANGELOG
package.json
etc...

## Installation
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make
make install

## Permissions (Quarantine)

If you run into issues with macOS not letting you run the plugin because it's not signed by a verified developer you can follow these steps:

1. Install the plugin using one of the methods above
1. run `xattr -cr ~/Library/QuickLook/QLStephen.qlgenerator` (sudo if needed)
1. run `qlmanage -r`
1. run `qlmanage -r cache`
1. Restart Finder by...
- Restarting your computer
- or holding down the option key and right click on Finder’s dock icon, then select “Relaunch” from the menu

For more disucssion on this you can read up on [#81](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen/issues/81) [starting here](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen/issues/81#issuecomment-582207278)

## Settings

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