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RE: ESC characters listed when I pipe through "less"
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Subject: RE: ESC characters listed when I pipe through "less"
- From: Frank Merenda <FMerenda at vetexchange dot com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:11:16 -0400
- Cc: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
THAT"S IT!
I have it aliased to "ls --color". I didn't know that would cause it.
THANKS A MILLION!
Thanks,
Frank Merenda | Senior Software Engineer
VetExchange | http://www.VetExchange.com
fmerenda@VetExchange.com
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
-- Roger Caras
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DJ Delorie [mailto:dj@delorie.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:19 AM
> To: FMerenda@vetexchange.com
> Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: ESC characters listed when I pipe through "less"
>
>
>
> > I've got another one. When I pipe "LS" through "less", I
> get a bunch of
> > "ESC" stuff in each line, in reversed text.
>
> Your ls might be aliased to something like ls --color. Try this:
>
> /bin/ls | less
>
> The "/bin/" part forces it to call the program directly, rather than
> aliasing it.
>
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