/proc virtual files show empty in less on Cygwin

ASSI Stromeko@nexgo.de
Sat Jul 13 16:42:24 GMT 2024


Trying to display virtual files under /proc leads to empty output:

less /proc/meminfo

while invocation through a pipe or redirection works as expected:

less < /proc/meminfo
cat /proc/meminfo | less

All these variants work as expected on Linux.


Regards,
Achim.
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