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Subject: /proc virtual files show empty in less on Cygwin
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:42:24 +0200
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Trying to display virtual files under /proc leads to empty output:

less /proc/meminfo

while invocation through a pipe or redirection works as expected:

less < /proc/meminfo
cat /proc/meminfo | less

All these variants work as expected on Linux.


Regards,
Achim.
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