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After install ($BLFS) glib apm & mc, then updating/installing /etc/issue,
/etc/inputrc & ~/.vimrc the program less started to act funny. Heres what
it is doing. If I do a "ls -l | less" it will show the files but before the file
names there will be a ESC in a grey box and all of the color options for
"ls" is gone.
Has anybody have this happen to them? The only thing I can figure out is
that "less" is broken now. Thanks for any help.
I found the answer to my question, or should I say someone on another mail-list was able to give me the answer.
Here is what caused the problem:
ls is set as "ls --color" and when it is piped to 'less', it can not handle the color option without it being set with the -r option on less "less -r".
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