Strange output by the "ls -l|less" command pipe in FC5

[Joachim Backes [RHRK]]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Joachim Backes [RHRK] wrote:
>> Using "ls -l|less " in FC5 gives a strange output on a fresh FC5 
>> installation.
>> Using "more" instead of "less" generates correct output. Did anybody 
>> make similar experiences?
>>
>> ESC[00mtotal 916
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11942 Feb 12 09:50 ESC[00mLICENSEESC[00m
> 
> What you see here is the escape sequences for setting colors
> coming out of ls. You see, "less" is translating the escape
> sequences into graphic characters (like 0x1B is becoming "ESC").
> 
> Try this...
> 
> $ ls -l --color=never | less
> 
> If that looks ok (it should) try
> 
> $ ls -l --color=auto | less
> 
> That *should* also work. You may have an alias for "ls".
> 
> Mike

Hi, Mike,

You are right: there is an alias: ls='ls --color'.
Using both options in ls cmd (--color=never or --color=auto) helps.

Many thanks.

Regards

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