Failed to write to pager: exec: "less": executable file not found in %PATH%

[ondrasek]

Whenever I invoke cheat, I get the following error: failed to write to pager: exec: "less": executable file not found in %PATH%.

For example:

$cheat -c -s ssh
failed to write to pager: exec: "less": executable file not found in %PATH%
$cheat -l
failed to write to pager: exec: "less": executable file not found in %PATH%
$cheat ssh
failed to write to pager: exec: "less": executable file not found in %PATH%

My environment:

echo $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.1
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Installed via scoop.

[ondrasek]

The default config from cheat --init does contain the pager key. I suggest removing the default pager configuration, using the PAGER env variable, or adjusting the error message to indicate that pager is configured explicitly in the conf.yml file.

[clach04]

Appears to duplicate #571

[chrisallenlane]

@ondrasek, thanks for reporting this. I'm going to close this and track this issue along with other Windows-only issues in #665, but I can confirm this behavior.

I believe I have a fix for this working locally. It should ship with the next version of cheat, hopefully later today.