Joachim Backes [RHRK] wrote: >> Using "ls -l|less " in FC5 gives a strange output on a fresh FC5 >> installation. >> Using "more" instead of "less" generates correct output. Did anybody >> make similar experiences? >> >> ESC[00mtotal 916 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11942 Feb 12 09:50 ESC[00mLICENSEESC[00m I'm sure I've tried that on FC5 and not seen the effect you mention. It certainly doesn't with FC4. Mike McCarty: > What you see here is the escape sequences for setting colors > coming out of ls. You see, "less" is translating the escape > sequences into graphic characters (like 0x1B is becoming "ESC"). > > Try this... > > $ ls -l --color=never | less > > If that looks ok (it should) try > > $ ls -l --color=auto | less Interestingly, FC4 seems to handle this well, and it's using this alias: alias ls='ls --color=tty'. So it looks like "less" behaves differently between FC4 and FC5, rather than "ls". There are options for how less handles ANSI in the text, perhaps the defaults have changed. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
