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Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

 
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Mad_1
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Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

When I 'more' a non-ASCII file in HP-UX 11.0 environment, the command core dump with below error after showing a couple of pages:

Memory fault(coredump)

It used to be OK when doing this in HP-UX 10.20.

Does anyone has any idea about this?
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Keely Jackson
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

Hi

Try using the 'strings' command and pipe it into more for non-ascii files.

Cheers
Keely
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Stefan Farrelly
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

There was a bug with the more program in 11.0. Either install a patch with a later version or copy the more binary from 10.20 to 11.0 and it works fine.
Im from Palmerston North, New Zealand, but somehow ended up in London...
twang
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

# strings -a |more
Mad_1
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

Thanks Stefan.

Do you know which patch should be installed?
Stefan Farrelly
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

PHCO_26916 1.0 more(1) patch
Im from Palmerston North, New Zealand, but somehow ended up in London...
T G Manikandan
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

Move the 'more' binaries from 10.20 to 11.00.

Not sure whether this was fixed with the latest patch
Yogeeraj_1
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Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

hi,

we had same problem some times back and applied the above mention patch(PHCO_26916).

Seems like MORE had a problem with files containing escaped characters like ^K, ^A etc.

this patch is available from:
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

regards
Yogeeraj
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Mark Greene_1
Honored Contributor

Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

As suggested, use strings, but then pipe it to "pg". Or you can download "less" from here:

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/less-381/

Remember kids, you should use less more than more, because less is so much more than more!

HTH
mark
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Mad_1
Regular Advisor

Re: Use "more" to view a non-ASCII file (memory fault)

Thanks a lot to all of you.