The syntax you are using for setting your PAGER looks a little odd. Does it work if you try it like this? # PAGER=less # export PAGER // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * hessu@cs.tut.fi Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .