Richard Braakman wrote: > > I've added the "if binary executable, use strings on it" to lessopen. I > > could see marginal use for looking at the raw executable, so if anyone > > has any objections, speak up before Saturday Night (-0800Z) or file a > > bug against less and I'll take it out. (cc'ing debian-devel for a wider > > audience) > > This seems like a bad idea. "strings" is not the obvious information > to provide about an executable. (Consider size, objdump, od, hexdump, > et cetera). > > I only use "strings" when I pipe through grep. When I use less it's > just as easy to search the file directly. > > I would also find it disorienting to less a binary executable and get > a long list of identifiers. I _expect_ a screen full of garbage, and > that "/lib/ld-linux.so.2" in a particular position :-)
Chiming in a little late -- I agree with Richard 100%. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
