Try something like this:
/bin/ls --color -w $COLUMNS -F -C | less -r or: /bin/dir --color -w $COLUMNS -F | less -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Poquet) writes: > Apropos, I have a question: frequently I am in a directory (such as /dev, > for example) which has more stuff in it than I can see in one screenful. > Normally I pipe it through less, but am bothered by the 'one file per > line'-isms that ls spits out in this case. I understand the necessity > of this behaviour, but I was wondering, is there some option which > forces columnated output regardless of the presence of a filter? -C > is documented as column-formatting, but it is ignored in a pipe. -- * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 *