Subject: standards/11219: less(1) is not compatible with POSIX.2 "more"
To: None <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/14/2000 07:48:14
>Number: 11219
>Category: standards
>Synopsis: less(1) is not compatible with POSIX.2 "more"
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: standards-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 14 07:48:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ben Harris
>Release: 2000-02-07
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD cromarty 1.4X NetBSD 1.4X (CROMARTY) #9: Wed May 3 23:49:51 BST 2000
bjh21@cromarty:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/CROMARTY macppc
>Description:
NetBSD's more(1) diverges from that specified by POSIX.2 in the following
ways:
more -n <number>, which should specify the screen size, isn't
supported. more -n in NetBSD apparently suppresses line numbers.
more -p <command>, which should be equivalent to more +<command>,
performs a search instead.
Within more(1), the "s" command should "skip forward <count> lines, with a
default of 1", whereas it currents saves the input to a file.
>How-To-Repeat:
cromarty:~$ TERM=dumb more -n 2 /dev/null
2: No such file or directory
/dev/null (press RETURN)
cromarty:~$ TERM=dumb more -p G /dev/null
Pattern not found (press RETURN)
Run "more /usr/dict/words", press "s", note "log file:" prompt.
>Fix:
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