less -r broken with long lines
Rui Paulo
rpaulo at fnop.net
Wed Jul 18 00:56:19 UTC 2007
Hi,
There's something about how the new less version handles lines greater
than the virtual terminal's size.
Test case on an xterm/rxvt/screen session:
less -r /etc/syslog.conf - you won't see the $FreeBSD$ id tag because
of the long line regarding to /var/log/messages. Try resizing your
terminal so that this line fits in the right number of columns. You'll
see the problem disappear.
less -r /etc/rc.firewall - since there are no long lines in the first
page, you won't notice the problem
Everything works fine if less is used without the -r argument or if less
is run from the console.
Does this ring any bell to anyone?
Regards.
--
Rui Paulo
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