less -S not working
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I would like each line of a file to show up on just a single line in the terminal when viewing the file with less. less -S is not working for me, no matter how I try. With the flag -S, whether specified on the command line or in the program (entering -S<CR> in less), the line continues onto the line below, wrapped.
For a terminal emulator I am using urxvt, if that matters, with the following options:
rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.19 - released: 2013-10-27
options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent, tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling, wheel,slipwheel,smart-resizecursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm
And this is in .Xdefaults:
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt.geometry: 90x30
URxvt.transparent: false
URxvt.fading: 0
URxvt.loginShell: true
URxvt.saveLines: 50
URxvt.internalBorder: 3
URxvt.lineSpace: -7
! Fonts
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20
URxvt*boldFont: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20:style=bold
! Fix font space
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
Plus some other options for color scheme.
It's not working with gnome-terminal, either, so maybe it's not something having to do with urxvt.
Edit:
less --version gives less 458 (GNU regular expressions).
Neither $less nor $LESS are set.
less terminal-emulator rxvt
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I would like each line of a file to show up on just a single line in the terminal when viewing the file with less. less -S is not working for me, no matter how I try. With the flag -S, whether specified on the command line or in the program (entering -S<CR> in less), the line continues onto the line below, wrapped.
For a terminal emulator I am using urxvt, if that matters, with the following options:
rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.19 - released: 2013-10-27
options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent, tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling, wheel,slipwheel,smart-resizecursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm
And this is in .Xdefaults:
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt.geometry: 90x30
URxvt.transparent: false
URxvt.fading: 0
URxvt.loginShell: true
URxvt.saveLines: 50
URxvt.internalBorder: 3
URxvt.lineSpace: -7
! Fonts
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20
URxvt*boldFont: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20:style=bold
! Fix font space
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
Plus some other options for color scheme.
It's not working with gnome-terminal, either, so maybe it's not something having to do with urxvt.
Edit:
less --version gives less 458 (GNU regular expressions).
Neither $less nor $LESS are set.
less terminal-emulator rxvt
asked Nov 29 '17 at 0:14
ammodramus
263
any environment variables interfering with your plans? aliases?
– mdpc
Nov 29 '17 at 0:23
1
What is the output of "echo $LESS" and of "less --version"?
– gmarmstrong
Nov 29 '17 at 0:24
Edited with this information.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:32
Ah, my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r, which must interfere with -S. Removing the alias fixed the problem.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:33
@ammodramus Yes, you are correct. linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/…
– Timothy Martin
Nov 29 '17 at 0:36
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I would like each line of a file to show up on just a single line in the terminal when viewing the file with less. less -S is not working for me, no matter how I try. With the flag -S, whether specified on the command line or in the program (entering -S<CR> in less), the line continues onto the line below, wrapped.
For a terminal emulator I am using urxvt, if that matters, with the following options:
rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.19 - released: 2013-10-27
options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent, tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling, wheel,slipwheel,smart-resizecursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm
And this is in .Xdefaults:
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt.geometry: 90x30
URxvt.transparent: false
URxvt.fading: 0
URxvt.loginShell: true
URxvt.saveLines: 50
URxvt.internalBorder: 3
URxvt.lineSpace: -7
! Fonts
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20
URxvt*boldFont: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20:style=bold
! Fix font space
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
Plus some other options for color scheme.
It's not working with gnome-terminal, either, so maybe it's not something having to do with urxvt.
Edit:
less --version gives less 458 (GNU regular expressions).
Neither $less nor $LESS are set.
less terminal-emulator rxvt
asked Nov 29 '17 at 0:14
ammodramus
263
I would like each line of a file to show up on just a single line in the terminal when viewing the file with less. less -S is not working for me, no matter how I try. With the flag -S, whether specified on the command line or in the program (entering -S<CR> in less), the line continues onto the line below, wrapped.
For a terminal emulator I am using urxvt, if that matters, with the following options:
rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.19 - released: 2013-10-27
options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent, tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling, wheel,slipwheel,smart-resizecursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm
And this is in .Xdefaults:
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt.geometry: 90x30
URxvt.transparent: false
URxvt.fading: 0
URxvt.loginShell: true
URxvt.saveLines: 50
URxvt.internalBorder: 3
URxvt.lineSpace: -7
! Fonts
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20
URxvt*boldFont: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=20:style=bold
! Fix font space
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
Plus some other options for color scheme.
It's not working with gnome-terminal, either, so maybe it's not something having to do with urxvt.
Edit:
less --version gives less 458 (GNU regular expressions).
Neither $less nor $LESS are set.
less terminal-emulator rxvt
asked Nov 29 '17 at 0:14
ammodramus
263
edited Nov 29 '17 at 0:29
asked Nov 29 '17 at 0:14
ammodramus
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asked Nov 29 '17 at 0:14
ammodramus
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asked Nov 29 '17 at 0:14
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any environment variables interfering with your plans? aliases?
– mdpc
Nov 29 '17 at 0:23
1
What is the output of "echo $LESS" and of "less --version"?
– gmarmstrong
Nov 29 '17 at 0:24
Edited with this information.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:32
Ah, my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r, which must interfere with -S. Removing the alias fixed the problem.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:33
@ammodramus Yes, you are correct. linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/…
– Timothy Martin
Nov 29 '17 at 0:36
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any environment variables interfering with your plans? aliases?
– mdpc
Nov 29 '17 at 0:23
1
What is the output of "echo $LESS" and of "less --version"?
– gmarmstrong
Nov 29 '17 at 0:24
Edited with this information.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:32
Ah, my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r, which must interfere with -S. Removing the alias fixed the problem.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:33
@ammodramus Yes, you are correct. linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/…
– Timothy Martin
Nov 29 '17 at 0:36
any environment variables interfering with your plans? aliases?
– mdpc
Nov 29 '17 at 0:23
any environment variables interfering with your plans? aliases?
– mdpc
Nov 29 '17 at 0:23
1
1
What is the output of "echo $LESS" and of "less --version"?
– gmarmstrong
Nov 29 '17 at 0:24
What is the output of "echo $LESS" and of "less --version"?
– gmarmstrong
Nov 29 '17 at 0:24
Edited with this information.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:32
Edited with this information.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:32
Ah, my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r, which must interfere with -S. Removing the alias fixed the problem.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:33
Ah, my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r, which must interfere with -S. Removing the alias fixed the problem.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:33
@ammodramus Yes, you are correct. linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/…
– Timothy Martin
Nov 29 '17 at 0:36
@ammodramus Yes, you are correct. linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/…
– Timothy Martin
Nov 29 '17 at 0:36
add a comment |Â
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Per mdpc's suggestion, I looked at aliases and found my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r so that less can display colors. Removing this alias and thus removing the -r flag fixed the problem and made the -S flag produce the expected behavior.
From man less:
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret nota-
tion; for example, a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as "^A". Warning: when the -r option is used, less cannot
keep track of the actual appearance of the screen (since this depends on how the screen responds to each type of con-
trol character). Thus, various display problems may result, such as long lines being split in the wrong place.
So -r seems to break -S, understandably.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the-Roption instead of-r, which is compatible with-S.
– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
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Per mdpc's suggestion, I looked at aliases and found my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r so that less can display colors. Removing this alias and thus removing the -r flag fixed the problem and made the -S flag produce the expected behavior.
From man less:
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret nota-
tion; for example, a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as "^A". Warning: when the -r option is used, less cannot
keep track of the actual appearance of the screen (since this depends on how the screen responds to each type of con-
trol character). Thus, various display problems may result, such as long lines being split in the wrong place.
So -r seems to break -S, understandably.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the-Roption instead of-r, which is compatible with-S.
– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Per mdpc's suggestion, I looked at aliases and found my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r so that less can display colors. Removing this alias and thus removing the -r flag fixed the problem and made the -S flag produce the expected behavior.
From man less:
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret nota-
tion; for example, a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as "^A". Warning: when the -r option is used, less cannot
keep track of the actual appearance of the screen (since this depends on how the screen responds to each type of con-
trol character). Thus, various display problems may result, such as long lines being split in the wrong place.
So -r seems to break -S, understandably.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the-Roption instead of-r, which is compatible with-S.
– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Per mdpc's suggestion, I looked at aliases and found my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r so that less can display colors. Removing this alias and thus removing the -r flag fixed the problem and made the -S flag produce the expected behavior.
From man less:
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret nota-
tion; for example, a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as "^A". Warning: when the -r option is used, less cannot
keep track of the actual appearance of the screen (since this depends on how the screen responds to each type of con-
trol character). Thus, various display problems may result, such as long lines being split in the wrong place.
So -r seems to break -S, understandably.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
Per mdpc's suggestion, I looked at aliases and found my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r so that less can display colors. Removing this alias and thus removing the -r flag fixed the problem and made the -S flag produce the expected behavior.
From man less:
-r or --raw-control-chars
Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret nota-
tion; for example, a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as "^A". Warning: when the -r option is used, less cannot
keep track of the actual appearance of the screen (since this depends on how the screen responds to each type of con-
trol character). Thus, various display problems may result, such as long lines being split in the wrong place.
So -r seems to break -S, understandably.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
answered Nov 29 '17 at 0:39
ammodramus
263
263
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the-Roption instead of-r, which is compatible with-S.
– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
add a comment |Â
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the-Roption instead of-r, which is compatible with-S.
– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the
-R option instead of -r, which is compatible with -S.– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
In order to retain displaying colors you should use the
-R option instead of -r, which is compatible with -S.– egmont
Nov 30 '17 at 12:13
add a comment |Â
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any environment variables interfering with your plans? aliases?
– mdpc
Nov 29 '17 at 0:23
1
What is the output of "echo $LESS" and of "less --version"?
– gmarmstrong
Nov 29 '17 at 0:24
Edited with this information.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:32
Ah, my .bashrc was aliasing less with less -r, which must interfere with -S. Removing the alias fixed the problem.
– ammodramus
Nov 29 '17 at 0:33
@ammodramus Yes, you are correct. linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/…
– Timothy Martin
Nov 29 '17 at 0:36