On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:22:46 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bj�rn Lindstr�m) wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > on Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:57:17PM -0500, Bob Tilley (AT&T) insinuated: > >> I wish to use the expression "catl <filename>" to execute the > >> commands "cat <filename> | less". > >> > >> Is it possible to use 'alias' in the definition? > >> > >> "alias catl='cat $0 | less'" seems like a good idea, but I don't > >> know if the '$0' works in a simple alias. > > > > why don't you just use "less filename"? > > Maybe he actually wants to concatenate the files, rather than see them > one at a time, which is what less(1) does. ..huh? Either 'less `ls /files/I/wanna/read/* ` ' or some such, one by one, or 'cat ``ls /files/I/wanna/read/* ` |less ' for all in one go. ..tested down my /proc tree. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
