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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:18:44 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: FMerenda AT vetexchange DOT com
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	(message from Frank Merenda on Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:06:07 -0400)
Subject: Re: ESC characters listed when I pipe through "less"
References:  <82E0F488CB97D31188CD009027B117C149B212 AT pdc-ehy-atl DOT ehatchery DOT net>


> I've got another one. When I pipe "LS" through "less", I get a bunch of
> "ESC" stuff in each line, in reversed text.

Your ls might be aliased to something like ls --color.  Try this:

	/bin/ls | less

The "/bin/" part forces it to call the program directly, rather than
aliasing it.

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