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Re: ls -l | less shows "escape" chars


Either don't use color or change it to --color=auto.

I alias ls to "ls -x -color=auto".

Then "ls | less" gives you columns without escape codes.

If you want a single column, use "ls -1 | less".  The -1 overrides the -x in
the alias and gives one column.  Or leave out the -x if you never want
columns when piping to less.

"geneSmith" <gene.smith@sea.siemens.com> wrote in message
cc12jp$e5s$1@sea.gmane.org">news:cc12jp$e5s$1@sea.gmane.org...
> Joe wrote, On 7/1/2004 9:02 AM:
>
> > Do you have ls aliased to "ls --color"?
> >
> > Try:  /bin/ls | less
>
> That fixes it. Should I not use color?
>
> >
> > "geneSmith" <gene.smith@sea.siemens.com> wrote in message
> > cc112h$9na$1@sea.gmane.org">news:cc112h$9na$1@sea.gmane.org...
> >
> >>When I do "ls -l | less" a typical line looks like this with "ESC" in
> >>reverse video and other weird chars. What causes this? Can it be fixed?
> >>
> >>-rwx------+   1 Administ ????????  1392640 Jul  1 08:31
> >>ESC[01;32mNTUSER.DATESC[0m
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Lit up like Levy's
>
>
> -- 
> Lit up like Levy's
>
>




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