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Bug #11822
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Wrong description of default pager when PAGER variable is not set
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New
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
manpage - manual pages
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Description
man(1) claims that more -s is used when PAGER env var is not set:
PAGER A program to use for interactively delivering output to the
screen. If not set, ‘more -s’ is used. See more(1).
But in reality
less -ins is used:$ echo $PAGER $ man -d man ... -- Using pager: less -ins ...
Related issues
Updated by Michal Nowak over 3 years ago
- Related to Bug #10585: Non-standard definition of $PAGER in /etc/profile added
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