On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Reed Loefgren wrote:
I'm moving to FreeBSD from Slackware and have one thing that bugs me a
bit. If I do an ls on a big directory, say /usr/bin, I get output in a
couple columns (I'm using bash.)
In FreeBSD (4.9) If I ls a big directory it will output a couple
columns, but I can't page it unless I pipe the output to more or less,
and then I get a single column.
It's intentional behavior, so that you can use the output of ls as input
to something else.
Is there a way I can keep the
multi-column output but still use a pager?
Hmm.. 'apropos column' and aha! The column command can be used to, err,
re-columnize:
ls /usr/bin | column -x | less
This isn't a problem if I'm in X, just console. I know I can hit the (I
think) scroll lock and do this, but I'm looking for something that flows
a bit better for me.
Truthfully, I use Scroll Lock, and set the kernel option for history
lines to 500.
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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