Re: less: extra entries for lesspipe
Hi,
>>"Carl" == Carl Mummert <mummert@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu> writes:
Carl> Joey Hess wrote:
>> > 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 :-)
Carl> What would be the use of looking at a screen full of control
Carl> characters? I can see prepending the output of strings with
Carl> other useful stuff, though;
Just because you do not see a need does not mean that there is
no use for that feature. If you want to run strings on a binary, you
know how to do so. From the principle of least surprise, I say leave
the default alone (I hate how it does tar zvvft already; I used to be
able to look at text files in a tar.gz archive without running
through hoops. But no, the default could not be left well enough
alone).
manoj
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