On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 01:03:30AM -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I notice in my latest build of FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE (#11), a problem with less
> and vi with files whose name begins with +.
>
> These files occur in /var/db/pkg/(pkg-name)/
>
> For instance, if I cd /var/db/pkg/png-1.4.8
> and type
> less +DESC
> I get
>
> Missing filename ("less --help" for help)
>
> but if I type the filename with full path, or even
> less ./+DESC
> it works OK
>
less(1) is expecting '+' to be followed by additional arguments.
If you use 'less -- +DESC', for example, it should work fine. Same with
vi(1).
Regards,
Glen
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