Subj : Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : Deuce
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Tue Jan 11 2005 02:59 pm

  Re: Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
  By: Deuce to Angus Mcleod on Tue Jan 11 2005 10:24:00

 >  >  > On most modern *nix distros, less is more.
 >  >
 >  > On Slackware, you get both!
 > 
 > Are you sure less isn't more?  

More or less.....  ;-)6~

 > Check their file sizes and link counts.

    amcleod@triphod:/sbbs$ ls -l /bin/more /usr/bin/less
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root bin   27352 2004-05-27 17:26 /bin/more*
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 100924 2005-01-02 20:28 /usr/bin/less*
    amcleod@triphod:/sbbs$ man more

    MORE(1)         System General Commands Manual             MORE(1)

    NAME
         more - file perusal filter for crt viewing

    SYNOPSIS
         more [-dlfpcsu] [-num] [+/ pattern] [+ linenum] [file ...]

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    amcleod@triphod:/sbbs$ man less
    
    LESS(1)                                                   LESS(1)

    NAME
           less - opposite of more

    SYNOPSIS
           less -?
           less --help
           less -V
           less --version
           less [-[+]aBcCdeEfFgGiIJLmMnNqQrRsSuUVwWX~]
                [-b space] [-h lines] [-j line] [-k keyfile]
                [-{oO} logfile] [-p pattern] [-P prompt] [-t tag]
                [-T tagsfile] [-x tab,...] [-y lines] [-[z] lines]
                [-# shift] [+[+]cmd] [--] [filename]...
           (See  the OPTIONS section for alternate option syntax with
           long option names.)

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<shrug>



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