If I run the following command: $ perldoc Getopt::Long
Then I get too printed the nasty control characters, e.g.: ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options I am not sure if this is related to perl 5.8.0-2 I looked into my environment but there is nothing special. Also the programs 'man' and 'less' works IMHO fine. Harald -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/