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Author nnorwitz
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I get the problem on linux too (chmod -x /usr/bin/less). 
Using parens around the string passed to system() fixes the
problem for me:

 os.system('(less 2>/dev/null)')

I don't know if this has any other subtle effects.  Skip,
can you test that on your system?
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