Hi, Paul. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 03:37:34PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Paul Hartman > <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote: > >> I've finally been pushed over the edge. I simply can't stand it any > >> longer. The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and > >> either: (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using > >> cat etc., and have the interesting part scroll away.
> > You should just alias less to "less -E", it does exactly what you invented. > > :) > Oops, typo, I meant -F not -E. :) Well, that's one way of discovering new features in familiar software. ;-) Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).