Newby command of the day: less The less command is similar to the more command except that it provides more functionality. In other words... less is more :-)
Seriously, less provides text file viewing a page at a time, while providing full search functionality as in vi (or vim). This is extremely useful for viewing log files, configuration files, or any text file that is longer than one screen. Associated commands: zless - view compressed text files in less. This works for both compressed files and gzipped files (.Z or .gz extensions). bzless - view compressed text files in less. This works for text files compressed using the bzip2 protocol (.bz2 extension) Note, not all systems come with bzless installed by default. I have yet to find a distribution that does NOT contain less and zless however. Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
