Re: [plug] File viewer

[Rafael R. Sevilla]

On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
> 

If you want to scroll through the results pipe it through less, like this:

grep Jess * | less

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