ls | less
why use less? Because LESS is MORE!
actully, less lets you move up and down, and i feel is better then more
----- Original Message -----
From: Gregg Carrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] MSIE when?]
> >Tom Jacobs
> >P.S. Is there an ls command that will allow the
> >directory contents to stop at the end of each page so
> >I can read them?
>
>
> try:
> ls | more
>
> the | pipes the listing to more which pauses at each screen. Probably a
> cooler way to do this, but this was my newbie solve.
>
> Regarding your usability issues, hang in there. Linux seems to be a pain
to
> set up at every level. I think I've had configuration problems with just
> about every piece of hardware on my system. Still, when you get it
> configured, it really works. No more crashing. No more hanging. And the
> ability to configure Linux is all right there in editable files. No, their
> names and directories don't make a hell of a lot of sense to newbies, but
> it'll grow on you. I'm willing to use a more complex system that allows me
> to tinker with it when things do go wrong (unlike Windows, where things
just
> inexplicably go wrong). With things like KDE, RPMs etc, Linux is getting
> easier to use every day. I fled from Windows because of stability like
you,
> and I have not been disappointed. My Linux system has never crashed or
hung
> once. For that, I'm willing to work with a steeper learning curve. Good
> luck!
>
> Gregg
>
> >--- Joachim Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On fre, 26 nov 1999, you wrote:
> >> > "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > stable manner. But you have to admitt that
> >> they have done a great job with
> >> > the
> >> > > > installer. Any user can install M$'s OS. Now
> >> if they'd just stop trying
> >> > to
> >> >
> >> > Gee I hate to knock you off your soap box, but
> >> just about ALL new mother
> >> > boards support the self-same boot of CD Rom to
> >> install Linux AND Win9X.
> >> > Risking more Flames here...Win98 is MORE user
> >> friendly after first install,
> >> > all most all components ARE installed WITH their
> >> driver's.
> >>
> >> OK.. So you mean that CD-Writes are installed with
> >> drivers ?? All Graphic cards
> >> are installed with drivers ?? Sound cards are
> >> installed with drivers ??
> >> That's a change. The last time I was forced to
> >> install win98, it didn't.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Now untill I learn the method to Linux's madness
> >> for installing programs and
> >> > WHERE the heck they are after that, I will
> >> continue using Win98 as my primary
> >> > OS. But to be fair Linux has many points in it's
> >> favor, the foremost one is
> >> > that it is a free OS, and more important...very
> >> stable.
> >>
> >> To find the location of a file, try whereis. If
> >> Mandrake supports the RedHat
> >> filesystem scheme, most files will be installed in
> >> either /usr/bin or
> >> /usr/sbin. Cinfig files go in /etc.
> >>
> >> /Jocke!
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