Re: [newbie] How get to scroll one page at a time?
> I seem to remember that both less and more are reliant on the line count > which is set in the config files somewhere - can't remember where that > setting is - termcap?? John...at first blush it seems more dynamic than that. I just opened a xindow and did an ls -al /usr/bin | lessEach time I paged and the number of files listed matched the window depth regardless of where I set it. Can't add anything to why the problem exists but the number of lines displayed used seems to come from the display size. > Other thing, maybe symantics - isn't it 'normal' to use whitespace in > that type of command?? eg 'cat foo.txt | more tee lpr' ? some people are born to be cryptic. Reminds me of debates I've had with C programmers :-) Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] How get to scroll one page at a time?
John Rye wrote: > > Jose wrote: > > > > Under the command line the command ls sometimes brings information onto the > > screen which doesn't fit on it. Funny as it might seem, even the ls --help > > command does the same, so I can never get to see all the information. I > > tried ls¦more and ls¦less (out of reading something about it long ago) but > > it didn't work. Can any one shed some light? Another thing, maybe its the fonts...but your | looks more like : here... ;-) -- /\ Dark>
Re: [newbie] How get to scroll one page at a time?
It was Oct 1, 2000, 02:41, when Jose keyboarded: >Under the command line the command ls sometimes brings information onto the >screen which doesn't fit on it. Funny as it might seem, even the ls --help >command does the same, so I can never get to see all the information. I >tried lsmore and lsless (out of reading something about it long ago) but >it didn't work. Can any one shed some light? Best then is to pipe it through more: ls --help | more Paul -- Yesterday it worked. Today nothing is working. Windows is like that. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
[newbie] How get to scroll one page at a time?
Under the command line the command ls sometimes brings information onto the screen which doesn't fit on it. Funny as it might seem, even the ls --help command does the same, so I can never get to see all the information. I tried ls¦more and ls¦less (out of reading something about it long ago) but it didn't work. Can any one shed some light? Jose
