Re: [plug] File viewer

[neuroticimbecile]

for better results, pipe the output of grep to less, e.g.:
grep <searchword> <filename_or_wildcard> | less

hth,
-eric

On Mon, 05 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> > Can someone suggest what to use for viewing and do searching for keywords within a 
>file. I don't want to turn pico or
> > vi on. If it has a menu feature and scrolling that would be better.
> ------------------
> use "grep"
> 
> e.g.
>       grep <searchword> <location>
> 
> example:      
>       grep Jess *
>  
> 
> man grep for more info.

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