On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 05:55:00PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: >> >> Piping tail to less doesn't work as well as to cat -v... > > Correct; you'd be better served by using the "F" function within less. > Or, if you really really want to just pump data to the screen, try tr -c > '[:print:][:blank:]' '?' > you can even easily change the list of things to delete that way. If cat > suddenly started intermittently filtering output by default, I'd get a whole > lot of complaints (heck, I'd be complaining myself). -v is one of those > things which never should have gotten into cat in the first place.
In what case would that misbehave? Note that I suggested filtering only when stdout is a terminal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
