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Bug 981145 - Command "less" doesn't work well
Summary: Command "less" doesn't work well
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ovirt-node
Version: 6.5
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Ryan Barry
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-07-04 06:30 UTC by cshao
Modified: 2014-01-21 19:43 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ovirt-node-3.0.1-2.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously the command "less" wasn't working correctly. It produced a sequence of garbled characters when viewing the log or another file and it was hard to exit the current view page. This has been rectified using alias less "cat $1 | /usr/bin/less", so "less" works correctly now.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-01-21 19:43:58 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2014:0033 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE ovirt-node bug fix and enhancement update 2014-01-22 00:14:30 UTC

Description cshao 2013-07-04 06:30:58 UTC 
Created attachment 768602 [details]
less

Description of problem:
"Less" is a program similar to "more", but actually the command "less" doesn't work well.
1. Tt will show as garbled sequence of characters when user view log or other file.
2. It is hard to exit the current view page.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20130222.0.auto1707.el6.iso
ovirt-node-3.0.0-1.999.20130701111251git99aadc6.el6.noarch

How reproducible:
100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEV-H 6.5.
2. Login RHEV-H and drop to shell.
3. run command #less /var/log/ovirt.log

Actual results:
1. Command "less" doesn't work well,  it will show as garbled sequence of characters when user view log or other file.
2. It is hard to exit the current view page.

Expected results:
Command "less" can work well.

Additional info:
Comment 2 Mike Burns 2013-07-08 12:56:13 UTC 
Agree this is bad/ugly.  We should definitely try to fix it, though it's not quite as high a priority since we don't support dropping to a shell and running commands manually.
Comment 3 Ryan Barry 2013-08-09 18:24:06 UTC 
It's unlikely that this will make 6.5. It may be a fundamental problem with urwid, but no method I've attempted (switching VTs, different urwid screen renderers has resolved). Design problem.
Comment 4 Mike Burns 2013-08-15 14:23:26 UTC 
(In reply to Ryan Barry from comment #3)
> It's unlikely that this will make 6.5. It may be a fundamental problem with
> urwid, but no method I've attempted (switching VTs, different urwid screen
> renderers has resolved). Design problem.

How is urwid impacting this?  we're in a shell environment, aren't we?

can we implement a simple workaround like:

alias less "cat $1 | /usr/bin/less"
Comment 5 Ryan Barry 2013-08-15 15:06:02 UTC 
(In reply to Mike Burns from comment #4)
> How is urwid impacting this?  we're in a shell environment, aren't we?
> 
> can we implement a simple workaround like:
> 
> alias less "cat $1 | /usr/bin/less"

We can do this, which is surprising. I hadn't tried it (unnecessary use of cat and all that), but it works. urwid throws a ton of escape codes if you `less /some/file`, but works if you cat it first. I'll go that way.
Comment 10 cshao 2013-10-24 10:10:23 UTC 
rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20131017.0
ovirt-node-3.0.1-4.el6.noarch

Command "less" can work well.

So the bug is fixed, change bug status to VERIFIED.
Comment 12 Cheryn Tan 2013-11-08 00:32:56 UTC 
This bug is currently attached to errata RHBA-2013:15277. If this change is not to be documented in the text for this errata please either remove it from the errata, set the requires_doc_text flag to minus (-), or leave a "Doc Text" value of "--no tech note required" if you do not have permission to alter the flag.

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Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2014-01-21 19:43:58 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-0033.html
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