Re: garbage at start

Then part of the output scrolls of, as if the less instance thinks the
terminal is larger than what it in reality is. To make it even stranger:
less then uses only half of the terminal! (height)
half: +/- half

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:39:46AM -0500, Kevin Van Workum wrote:
> What happens when you pipe your command to 'less -r' ?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:31 AM, folkert <folkert-Beo89p9qyDM6GGFevw1D/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > It is screen in fact.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:29:56AM -0500, Kevin Van Workum wrote:
> > > Try setting TERM=screen.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:12 AM, folkert <folkert-Beo89p9qyDM6GGFevw1D/[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Situation:
> > > > - I login to a linux system (either from an other linux system or via
> > > >   putty)
> > > > - from that one I hop to an other linux system using openssh
> > > > - on that 2nd system I open a "screen"-session
> > > > - in there I start a program which pipes its output through e.g. less
> > or
> > > >   more
> > > > - garbage appears on the screen
> > > >   I straced the program and this is the result:
> > > > ...
> > > > ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig -icanon
> > -echo
> > > > ...}) = 0
> > > > write(1,
> > > > "\33(B\33)0\33[?1049h\33[1;41r\33[m\17\33[4l\33[39;49m\33[?1h\33=",
> > 44) = 44
> > > > ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig -icanon
> > -echo
> > > > ...}) = 0
> > > > ...
> > > > Now this
> > > > "\33(B\33)0\33[?1049h\33[1;41r\33[m\17\33[4l\33[39;49m\33[?1h\33="
> > > > string appears visible on the terminal (putty, gnome terminal).
> > > >
> > > > Also in the strace logging I found that this string comes from
> > > > /lib/terminfo/s/screen so I'm guessing that maybe that string is
> > > > incorrect? Or...?
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers would be helpfull.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Folkert van Heusden
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