I have the same problem going from tcsh to bash. The reason this at all shows up is that lesspipe is called in .bashrc: The workaround below works nicely for me. Actually, looking at /etc/skel/.bashrc, a fix similar to this has already been implemented, i.e., the problem seems to be fixed for new users. :)
--- .bashrc.orig 2008-10-09 09:32:06.000000000 +0200 +++ .bashrc 2008-10-09 09:31:22.000000000 +0200 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ shopt -s checkwinsize # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1) -[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(lesspipe)" +[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/bash lesspipe)" # set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below) if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then -- lesspipe relies on $SHELL to tell which shell it's running from https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
