Subj : Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : Deuce
From : Ryan
Date : Tue Jan 11 2005 07:00 am

  Re: Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
  By: Deuce to Angus Mcleod on 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 fa
 >  > better file viewer than 'more', with better manipulation.  You can use th
 >  > cursor keys to scroll up down and sideways, and page-up/down do what you'
 >  > 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.
 > 
 > 

Instead of ls-ing and scrolling up in the term i always ls | less
I'd never even heard of more before

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