Hi,
Thank you everyone for your last replies.
Everything you suggested works as expected.
Bottom line:
* less: no quick/immediate way (i.e. like a shortcut) to save only the filter
output.
One needs to pipe through `grep` with the same filter(s) in `less` shell
* vim (but it certainly works
On Wed 07 Apr 2021 at 08:30:30 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2021-04-07, David Wright wrote:
> >> >
> >> > But I don't know how vim would do on-the-fly filtering like
> >> > less can do with & (not being very familiar with vim).
> >>
> >> :g/pattern/.w! >> output.txt
> >>
> >> I pressed 'v' in
On 2021-04-07, David Wright wrote:
>> >
>> > But I don't know how vim would do on-the-fly filtering like
>> > less can do with & (not being very familiar with vim).
>>
>> :g/pattern/.w! >> output.txt
>>
>> I pressed 'v' in less, searched a pattern and wrote the filtered output
>> to a file
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 09:12:45 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2021-04-06, David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 01:09:09 (+0100), jr wrote:
> >> on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 17:44:28 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >> > If you are willing to learn (neo)vim, '(n)vim -R' as 'view' can be used
> >> > instead of
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 08:34:24 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Lu, 05 apr 21, 22:29:31, David Wright wrote:
> >
> > But I don't know how vim would do on-the-fly filtering like
> > less can do with & (not being very familiar with vim).
>
> A quick web search suggests:
>
> :v/pattern/d
>
On 2021-04-06, David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 01:09:09 (+0100), jr wrote:
>> on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 17:44:28 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> > If you are willing to learn (neo)vim, '(n)vim -R' as 'view' can be used
>> > instead of 'less', with all the power of an advanced editor at your
>> >
On Lu, 05 apr 21, 22:29:31, David Wright wrote:
>
> But I don't know how vim would do on-the-fly filtering like
> less can do with & (not being very familiar with vim).
A quick web search suggests:
:v/pattern/d
press 'u' to undo or ':w filename.txt' to write the result to a
different
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 01:09:09 (+0100), jr wrote:
> on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 17:44:28 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > If you are willing to learn (neo)vim, '(n)vim -R' as 'view' can be used
> > instead of 'less', with all the power of an advanced editor at your
> > disposal.
… or '| vim -R -' or even '| vim
on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 17:44:28 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> If you are willing to learn (neo)vim, '(n)vim -R' as 'view' can be used
> instead of 'less', with all the power of an advanced editor at your
> disposal.
or just press 'v' in 'less'?
--
regards, jr.
You have the right to free speech, as long
On Lu, 29 mar 21, 01:20:18, l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
>
> Actually, I asked this question because of my workflow here.
>
> First, I use the less pager to navigate quickly inside an input, not knowing
> beforehand what it looks like and what I will need to do.
> Then, I filter some lines depending on
Hi David,
29 mars 2021, 03:25 de deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk:
> . type & again,
> . UpArrow to recall this latest pattern that you're happy with,
> . LeftDrag the mouse to copy the pattern,
> . Backspace to rubout the line (the & remains there),
> . type | and respond appropriately to the mark:
On Mon 29 Mar 2021 at 00:45:28 (+0200), l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
> 28 mars 2021, 21:27 de deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk:
>
> > When you've used
> > & pattern
> > to display lines containing your pattern, then
> > | . grep pattern > filename
> > will apply the same filter to the lines selected by | .,
Songbird,
29 mars 2021, 00:55 de songb...@anthive.com:
> if you are going to do something to the contents of
> a file you can use:
>
> $ grep "pattern" filename > output
>
> there are different versions of grep command (egrep and
> fgrep too besides just grep - check the man pages).
>
> if you
l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Strictly speaking, my question is not on Debian itself, but on usage of less
> command running on my Buster (487-0.1+b1).
>
> Is there a way to save *filtered* less results in a file or on stdout please?
>
> What I mean by "filtered" is results obtained via "&" or
Hi David and thanks for your feedback.
28 mars 2021, 21:27 de deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk:
> When you've used
> & pattern
> to display lines containing your pattern, then
> | . grep pattern > filename
> will apply the same filter to the lines selected by | ., where
> I've used . but you could use
On Sun 28 Mar 2021 at 20:38:08 (+0200), l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
>
> Strictly speaking, my question is not on Debian itself, but on usage of less
> command running on my Buster (487-0.1+b1).
>
> Is there a way to save *filtered* less results in a file or on stdout please?
>
> What I mean by
Hi,
Strictly speaking, my question is not on Debian itself, but on usage of less
command running on my Buster (487-0.1+b1).
Is there a way to save *filtered* less results in a file or on stdout please?
What I mean by "filtered" is results obtained via "&" or "&!" command inside
less.
Indeed,
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