#1143876 less: Ctrl-X truncates the data with "less --file-size"

Package:
less
Source:
less
Description:
pager program similar to more
Submitter:
Vincent Lefevre
Date:
2026-08-07 20:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1143876#5
Date:
2026-08-07 20:51:35 UTC
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When I run

  { echo ab ; sleep 3 ; echo cd; } | less --file-size

and type Ctrl-X during the "sleep", I get "ab" only, still after
these 3 seconds.

This bug has been fixed upstream in the merge done just after v668
(which is rather old).