Parser doesn't handle less's (and probably vim's?) "plus" arguments
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Description
This example behaves poorly:
less +F -S --follow-name some_log_file.loghttps://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=less+%2BF+-S+--follow-name+some_log_file.log
I didn't have time to check, but iirc vi/vim/neovim have a similar "run command at startup with +flag type of thingie, which I will assume has a similar failure-mode. )=
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported less command and trace how the parser handles the plus-prefixed argument. Check whether the same failure applies to vi, vim, or neovim-style startup arguments; done means these arguments are parsed without the reported poor behavior.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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