# @less does not work on stdlib?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/less-does-not-work-on-stdlib/19368
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/less-does-not-work-on-stdlib/19368 "2019-01-07T21:34:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Jean\_Michel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jean_Michel)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/less-does-not-work-on-stdlib/19368/1 "2019-01-07T21:34:04Z")
```julia
julia> using LinearAlgebra
julia> @less rank(rand(2,2))
/buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/LinearAlgebra/src/generic.jl: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
ERROR: failed process: Process(`less +742g /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/LinearAlgebra/src/generic.jl`, ProcessExited(1)) [1]
Stacktrace:
[1] error(::String, ::Base.Process, ::String, ::Int64, ::String) at ./error.jl:42
[2] pipeline_error at ./process.jl:705 [inlined]
[3] #run#503(::Bool, ::Function, ::Cmd) at ./process.jl:663
[4] run at ./process.jl:661 [inlined]
[5] less(::String, ::Int32) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/InteractiveUtils/src/editless.jl:108
[6] less(::Function, ::Any) at /buildworker/worker/package_linux64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.0/InteractiveUtils/src/editless.jl:128
[7] top-level scope at none:0
```
Is this expected?
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### Author:  [@bennedich](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bennedich)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/less-does-not-work-on-stdlib/19368/2 "2019-01-08T00:56:04Z")
It’s a known issue. More details and suggested workarounds here:
[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26314](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26314)