Closed rptb1 closed 3 years ago
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Describe the bug None of the
--no-cli-pager
command line option,AWS_PAGER
environment variable, andcli_pager
config setting suppress the pager for help output.SDK version number
Platform/OS/Hardware/Device
To Reproduce (observed behavior) Multiple ways:
aws --no-cli-pager help
(documentation)AWS_PAGER=cat aws help
(documentation)cli_pager=
in .aws/config (documentation)Expected behavior I expect the complete help document to be output immediately without requiring input.
Logs/output
Additional context I am attempting to use the AWS CLI in an Emacs shell buffer, and this bug makes it hard to get help.
The documentation says “switch that disables using a pager for the output of the command”.
Workarounds:
aws help | cat
PAGER=cat aws help