On 13 May 2012, at 00:22, Alex Schuster wrote: > … >>> You can set LESSIGNORE='*.htm*'. This environment variable is used by >>> the lesspipe command, which is invoked by less and filters the input >>> file before giving it to less itself. >> >> Contrary to my previous email, sent in error, that does NOT work. >> >> Did you check this yourself? > > Yes. I did not know about this mechanism before, but 'env|grep -i less' > showed the LESS and LESSOPEN environment variable, so I learnt about the > lesspipe command. lesspipe -h gives a little info, LESSIGNORE is shown > there.
I have here now: $ env | grep -i less PAGER=/usr/bin/less LESS=-R -M --shift 5 LESSOPEN=|lesspipe %s LESSIGNORE=*.htm* $ And still the same thing. >> What version of less are you using, please? I have =sys-apps/less-444 >> installed here. > > 445-r1, but I just downgraded to 444, and it behaves the same. I have the > pcre and unicode USE flags set, but don't assume they make any > difference. Weird, no idea why it it not working for you. Thanks for your help. `less -L file.html` works for me - I've got a way of dealing with this, and I'm busy with other stuff right now, so I'm just going to forget worrying about LESSIGNORE. I post the above output showing my less environment only for the benefit of anyone else encountering this in the future - perhaps it gives them something to go on. I appreciate your assistance, Stroller.
