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less prints file change commands into file when specified on command line #552

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rnkn opened this issue Aug 1, 2024 · 2 comments
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less prints file change commands into file when specified on command line #552

rnkn opened this issue Aug 1, 2024 · 2 comments
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rnkn commented Aug 1, 2024 •
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less prints file change commands into file when specified on command line.

To Reproduce

  1. echo foo > foo; echo bar > bar
  2. less +2:x foo bar

Expected results

bar
~
~

Actual Results

 :xbar
~
~

Version

$ less --version
less 661 (PCRE2 regular expressions)
Copyright (C) 1984-2024  Mark Nudelman

less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
For information about the terms of redistribution,
see the file named README in the less distribution.
Home page: https://greenwoodsoftware.com/less

Curiously this does not happen with OpenBSD less.
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polluks commented Aug 2, 2024

NetBSD fails also, at least ^L helps.

gwsw added a commit that referenced this issue Aug 3, 2024
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Fix display bug when using +:n +:p +:x or +:d on the command line.
469b79e 
Was missing calls to cmd_exec() before executing some commands.
This is necessary to clear the string on the command line.
Related to #552.
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gwsw commented Aug 3, 2024

Fixed in 469b79e in the post659 branch.

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