diff --git a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
index 65944c17..b29c1b56 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
@@ -515,8 +515,11 @@ namespace eval punk {
     interp alias {} gconf {} git config --global -l
 
     #----------------------------------------------
+    # ls aliases - note that tcl doesn't exand * but sh_xxx functions pass to sh -c allowing shell expansion
     interp alias {} l  {} sh_runout -n ls -A  ;#plain text listing
-    interp alias {} ls {} sh_runout -n ls -AF --color=always 
+    #interp alias {} ls {} sh_runout -n ls -AF --color=always 
+    interp alias {} ls {} unknown ls -AF --color=always ;#use unknown to use terminal and allow | more | less
+    #note that shell globbing with * won't work on unix systems when using unknown/exec
     interp alias {} lw {} sh_runout -n ls -AFC --color=always   ;#wide listing  (use A becaus no extra info on . & ..)
     interp alias {} ll {} sh_runout -n ls -laFo --color=always  ;#use a instead of A to see perms/owner of . & ..
     # -v for natural number sorting not supported on freeBSD. Todo - test at startup and modify aliases?