Re: [PLUG] odd bash and/or less behavior

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:21:40PM -0400, Ben Love wrote:
> I am curious why you're using /usr/bin/less to invoke it though.
> Typically, /usr/bin should be in your $PATH.

Using the full path makes sure he's running that program, and not
something else from, say, his ~/bin/less or from a shell alias.
Though "which less" should show that as well, of course.

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