Just observed that the behavior depends on the existence of the /tmp/ll file:
[21:20:29 /tmp]$ rm -v ll
removing `ll'
[21:22:37 /tmp]$ zcat /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz | groff -te -Tlatin1 -mandoc
/tmp/ll - | head
/tmp/ll.gz: No such file or directory
LS(1) FSF LS(1)
[21:22:54 /tmp]$
As opposed to:
[21:24:21 /tmp]$ touch ll
[21:24:30 /tmp]$ zcat /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz | groff -te -Tlatin1 -mandoc
/tmp/ll - | head -5
[21:24:36 /tmp]$ echo $?
0
[21:24:44 /tmp]$
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Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
