Subj : Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Deuce
Date : Mon Jan 10 2005 09:51 pm

  Re: Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
  By: Angus Mcleod to Sniper on Mon Jan 10 2005 21:36:00

 >  > Again, you can use the | more command with this... Oh, and by hitting
 >  > enter with this command, it will move up one line at a time, or by
 >  > hitting the space bar, it will move up one page at a time.
 > 
 > I'd *strongly* advise dropping 'more' and switching to 'less'.  It's a far
 > better file viewer than 'more', with better manipulation.  You can use the
 > cursor keys to scroll up down and sideways, and page-up/down do what you'd
 > expect.  The man-page for 'less' is 12 times longer than the man-page for
 > 'more'.  You can even 'less' a gzipped text file and 'less' will read it
 > directly.

On most modern *nix distros, less is more.


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