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It's actually one of the few cases where there is a functional difference between using cat and the alternative. Using less instead wouldn't execute the escape
by VBprogrammer 6y ago
It's actually one of the few cases where there is a functional difference between using cat and the alternative. Using less instead wouldn't execute the escape sequences.
- turminal 6y agoUnless the user has less aliased to `less - r` which many users do. I wouldn't be surprised if there existed some obscure distro that ships this alias in the default bashrc