Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > To configure "less" to be more useful, you can set some environment > variables. If you like them, place the commands to set them in > /etc/profile and they will be set every time you log in. These are the > commands: > > export LESSOPEN='|/usr/bin/lesspipe %s' > This makes "less" pipe everything you view through this script. > This gives you readable information for verious non-text files, like .tgz, > .gz, .tar, .zip, .arj and .deb files.
This is nice, but where is lesspipe? $ more /var/lib/dpkg/info/less.list /. /usr /usr/doc /usr/doc/less /usr/doc/less/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/doc/less/copyright /usr/doc/less/NEWS.gz /usr/doc/less/README.gz /usr/bin /usr/bin/less /usr/bin/lesskey /usr/man /usr/man/man1 /usr/man/man1/less.1.gz /usr/man/man1/lesskey.1.gz Not there! Thanks! -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .