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Hi! I have the following problem with /usr/bin/less (less-382-41) in SUSE 9.3 FTP edition for i386. I enter... $ less big-file.txt ...and nothing happens. Instead, I get another shell prompt, but I can't write anything (at least it's not echoed on screen). I press return and get a new shell prompt, but on the same row as the previous (no newline between). I hit Ctrl-D to exit that shell, and now the "less" screen shows up, and everything is back to normal. Strangely, "less < big-file.txt" works fine, and all other situations where less reads from stdin. I have tried different terminal emulators, and the bug persists. When I log into another machine and do "less file" (where less is part of another OS), there is no problem. Therefore, I believe the bug is in less. Perhaps in a library, since vimdiff seems to have the same problem. Has anyone else encountered this? -- Best Regards, Tom Weber