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Date:      Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:54:09 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: +filenames
Message-ID:  <19980717155409.P566@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 03:49:59PM %2B1000
References:  <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au>

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On Friday, 17 July 1998 at 15:49:59 +1000, Sue Blake wrote:
> What's the deal with filenames that start with "+" like the ones found
> inside packages?

Nothing special.  It's just a kind of name that isn't used very often.

> I can read them with cat or more, but not less.

Sure you can.  You just need to recall that less considers strings
starting with + as options, so it gets confused.  Use one of the usual
workarounds.  For example, to look at +CONTENTS with less, refer to the
file as ./+CONTENTS.

Greg
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