On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:37:26 +0930 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> it's a funny workaround, but sometimes you have to type > > cat file | less > > to stop less being "intelligent". Or you could disable it's input > preprocessor: > > LESSOPEN="" less /usr/bin/echo-client-2 Or you can use the -L, aka --no-lessopen, switch. It does the same thing, but with less typing... : -L or --no-lessopen : Ignore the LESSOPEN environment variable (see : the INPUT PREPROCESSOR section below). This option can be set from : within less, but it will apply only to files opened subsequently, : not to the file which is currently open. -- Ian. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
