or switch the alias to "ls --color=auto", which will color for a simple ls but not when redirecting stdout.
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 9:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ls -l | less shows "escape" chars Do you have ls aliased to "ls --color"? Try: /bin/ls | less "geneSmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > When I do "ls -l | less" a typical line looks like this with "ESC" in > reverse video and other weird chars. What causes this? Can it be fixed? > > -rwx------+ 1 Administ ???????? 1392640 Jul 1 08:31 > ESC[01;32mNTUSER.DATESC[0m -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
