Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:13:26 +0200 From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: less and vi fail on file whose name begins with + Message-ID: <20120716051326.GA2654@dft-labs.eu> In-Reply-To: <DD.37.21507.2A0A3005@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <DD.37.21507.2A0A3005@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 01:03:30AM -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I notice in my latest build of FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE (#11), a problem with less and vi with files whose name begins with +.
>
> These files occur in /var/db/pkg/(pkg-name)/
>
> For instance, if I cd /var/db/pkg/png-1.4.8
> and type
> less +DESC
> I get
>
> Missing filename ("less --help" for help)
>
> but if I type the filename with full path, or even
> less ./+DESC
> it works OK
>
+ has special meaning in ls:
+cmd Causes the specified cmd to be executed each time a new file is
examined. For example, +G causes less to initially display each
file starting at the end rather than the beginning.
> I also tried going to /tmp and
> echo abcdefg > +junk1.txt
> and the same bug with less showed up (no problem with echo).
>
> I tried vi instead of less, not really wanting to edit the file,
> and vi tried to open a temporary file on /tmp with a strange name.
>
That's expected.
--
Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>
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