From: jj@digisle.net (JJ Streicher-Bremer) Subject: Re: Q: 'less' pager & escape sequences 2 Jan 1999 17:55:49 -0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: DWolfe5272@aol.com Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com I believe ls -la --color |less -r will work. JJ ---------------------------------------- Ours is not to reason why, simply re-boot and then re-try. ---------------------------------------- On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 DWolfe5272@aol.com wrote: > I've noticed that: ls --color | less doesn't work as it should--or as I wish > it would. The ANSI escape sequences to effect the color changes aren't passed > thru to the display like I want them to be. less replaces ^[ with ESC and > echoes *that* to the screen. There have been a few times when this is what I > actually wanted (i.e., when browsing thru a script that uses escape > sequences), but more often than not, I want the display to get these signals. > Is there some switch to less to accomplish this? ls -la --color makes a nice > printout, but it is useless to me if I can't keep it from scrolling off the > display somehow, you know? > -- > Dave Wolfe > gForce Technologies Inc. > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".