On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 13:06 -0400, Thomas Tuttle wrote: > And as for less thinking it's a binary file, that's because the Gentoo > initscripts change the text color using escape codes, which are > considered binary by less. (Specifically, the escape character, ASCII > 27, is probably considered binary.)
it's a funny workaround, but sometimes you have to type cat file | less to stop less being "intelligent". Or you could disable it's input preprocessor: LESSOPEN="" less /usr/bin/echo-client-2 cya, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> All heiresses are beautiful. -- John Dryden -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list