Subj : Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Sniper
Date : Tue Jan 11 2005 05:44 pm

-=> Angus Mcleod Scribbled to Sniper <=-

 AM>   Re: Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
 AM>   By: Sniper to Spaceman Spiff on Mon Jan 10 2005 11:52:00

 > 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.

 AM> I'd *strongly* advise dropping 'more' and switching to 'less'.  It's a
 AM> far better file viewer than 'more', with better manipulation.  You can
 AM> use the cursor keys to scroll up down and sideways, and page-up/down do
 AM> what you'd expect.  The man-page for 'less' is 12 times longer than the
 AM> man-page for 'more'.  You can even 'less' a gzipped text file and
 AM> 'less' will read it directly.

 AM> Believe me, you get much *more* with 'less'.

You know... that's funny as hell.  You can do more with less.  

Yea, I know less is there, I just am so use to using more.  "More" was
the old school, and I just haven't moved to the new school.  :)



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