> > Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > > To configure "less" to be more useful, you can set some environment > > variables. If you like them, place the commands to set them in > > /etc/profile and they will be set every time you log in. These are the > > commands: > > > > export LESSOPEN='|/usr/bin/lesspipe %s' > > This makes "less" pipe everything you view through this script. > > This gives you readable information for verious non-text files, like .tgz, > > .gz, .tar, .zip, .arj and .deb files. > > This is nice, but where is lesspipe? > > $ more /var/lib/dpkg/info/less.list > > Not there!
Seems you've got a rather old version of less, maybe? $ grep pipe /var/lib/dpkg/info/less.list /usr/bin/lesspipe $ dpkg -l less Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii less 332-2 A file pager program, similar to more(1) -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Potentially offensive files, part 5: /dev/random. `head -c 4 /dev/random` may print 4-letter words (once every approx 4e8 tries). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
