Re: dpkg --help | less
>>>>> On Tue, 17 Feb 98, "IW" == IAN WATKINS wrote:
IW> On my system the dpkg --help seems to come out on the wrong console. For
IW> instance if I do a dpkg --help | less then less doesn't seem to come into
IW> the picture at all.
To check this out I did dpkg --help 2> dpkg.txt and all the help came
IW> out in the file.
IW> Is this correct behaviour or am I missing something? AFAICT all the
IW> other packages I have done a | less on to get the help have worked as I
IW> expected.
Dpkg --help prints on stderr, not on stdout as most others do. This is not an
expected behavior, and a bug is already filed.
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