| Ben Love on 28 Oct 2009 19:21:46 -0700 |
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* Eric (eric@lucii.org) wrote: > sean finney wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 06:20:44PM -0400, Eric wrote: > > > >> /usr/bin/less index.html > >> > >> ...results in the screen flashing the less "usage" text rapidly by > >> followed by an immediate exit and the screen appears unchanged. > >> (if I wanted "cat >/dev/null" I would have typed: cat > /dev/null !!) > >> > >> Even stranger, after that there is a file in the pwd entitled "erver:" > >> that contains some control characters followed by the less help file. > >> > > > > do you have any of the LESSFOO variables set? i.e.: > > > > env | grep LESS > > > > > > sean > > > > This is what I found: > > LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s > LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s > > I have no idea what they are but unsetting them does not change the > behavior. > > Also, it happens for my login and root as well. > > I'm using xterm via ssh. Nothing extraordinary about the xterm settings > - seems to work for every other system I log into. > Have you tried: $ file /usr/bin/less to make sure it wasn't replaced with a shell script that does something funny? Also, borrowing from some PLUG advice given earlier today, have you tried: $ strace /usr/bin/less to see what config files it might be using. Since it happens with root, it's probably not a user-specific config, but something like /usr/bin/.sysless or /etc/sysless. I am curious why you're using /usr/bin/less to invoke it though. Typically, /usr/bin should be in your $PATH. Ben -- Ben Love blove+signature (at) kylimar.com || ASCII ribbon campaign - () http://www.kylimar.com/ || against HTML e-mail - /\ Attachment:
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