I recently upgraded to RH Linux 8.0 and perldoc seems to be displaying escape sequences. It runs just fine, but output appears as follows

$ perldoc Class::DBI

Class::DBI(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Class::DBI(3)


ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
               Class::DBI - Simple Database Abstraction

ESC[1mSYNOPSISESC[0m
               package Music::DBI;
               use base 'Class::DBI';
               Music::DBI->set_db('Main', 'dbi:mysql', 'username', 'password');

(Note that "ESC" is actually white text on a black background).

Frankly, I haven't a clue on how to debug this. Is this a general Linux issue? My man pages appear fine. General info:

A quick discussion in the chatterbox has revealed that I am not the only monk to have this problem. Petruchio notes that he has a similar problem and redirecting the output to a file and examining it with a hex editor reveals that the escape sequences appear to be properly formed.

I can get around this with perldoc -t module_name, but it would be nice to get this working.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to Perldoc Problem: Linux or Perl? by Ovid

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