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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:48 am    Post subject: less displays output in hex format...why?? Reply with quote

I tried looking at the cups error log using less and this is what I got:

Code:
# less /var/log/cups/error_log

00000000  49 20 5b 31 38 2f 4e 6f  76 2f 32 30 30 39 3a 31  |I [18/Nov/2009:1|
00000010  37 3a 30 34 3a 34 39 20  2b 30 30 30 30 5d 20 4c  |7:04:49 +0000] L|
00000020  69 73 74 65 6e 69 6e 67  20 74 6f 20 3a 3a 31 3a  |istening to ::1:|
00000030  36 33 31 20 28 49 50 76  36 29 0a 49 20 5b 31 38  |631 (IPv6).I [18|
00000040  2f 4e 6f 76 2f 32 30 30  39 3a 31 37 3a 30 34 3a  |/Nov/2009:17:04:|
00000050  34 39 20 2b 30 30 30 30  5d 20 4c 69 73 74 65 6e  |49 +0000] Listen|
00000060  69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 31  32 37 2e 30 2e 30 2e 31  |ing to 127.0.0.1|
00000070  3a 36 33 31 20 28 49 50  76 34 29 0a 49 20 5b 31  |:631 (IPv4).I [1|
00000080  38 2f 4e 6f 76 2f 32 30  30 39 3a 31 37 3a 30 34  |8/Nov/2009:17:04|
00000090  3a 34 39 20 2b 30 30 30  30 5d 20 4c 69 73 74 65  |:49 +0000] Liste|
000000a0  6e 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20  2f 76 61 72 2f 72 75 6e  |ning to /var/run|
000000b0  2f 63 75 70 73 2f 63 75  70 73 2e 73 6f 63 6b 20  |/cups/cups.sock |


Any reason why it does not give me a normal text listing of the file?
With more I get something like this:
Code:
# more /var/log/cups/error_log
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Listening to ::1:631 (IPv6)
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 (IPv4)
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Listening to /var/run/cups/cups.sock (Domain)
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Remote access is disabled.
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Using default TempDir of /var/spool/cups/tmp...
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Using policy "default" as the default!
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Full reload is required.
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Loaded MIME database from '/etc/cups': 35 types, 39 filters...
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Full reload complete.
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/var/spool/cups/tmp"...
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Listening to ::1:631 on fd 1...
I [18/Nov/2009:17:04:49 +0000] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 on fd 3...


Anybody have any ideas??? How can I get less to display text like more??

EDIT: less displays output just fine with every other file. its just this one....really strange.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved from Other Things Gentoo to Duplicate Threads, please see less (pager) showing hex [SOLVED].
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