On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 02:57 PM, Jim wrote:
The�"more"�command�reflects�the�materialistic�philosophy�of�the�Reagan era.��System�VI�uses�the�environmentally�preferable�"less"�command.
Clearly a joke written by someone with an, ahem, 'less' than perfect knowledge of Unix: (either that or it is a fiendishly clever in-joke, because less *is* actually more environmentally friendly, in terms of the system environment, since it uses fewer resources)
"[Bruce-Johnsons-Computer:~] johnson% man less
LESS(1) LESS(1)
NAME
less - opposite of moreSYNOPSIS
less -?
less --help
less -V
less --version
less [-[+]aBcCdeEfgGiImMnNqQrsSuUVwX]
[-b bufs] [-h lines] [-j line] [-k keyfile]
[-{oO} logfile] [-p pattern] [-P prompt] [-t tag]
[-T tagsfile] [-x tab] [-y lines] [-[z] lines]
[+[+]cmd] [--] [filename]...
(See the OPTIONS section for alternate option syntax with
long option names.)DESCRIPTION
Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows
backward movement in the file as well as forward movement.
Also, less does not have to read the entire input file
before starting, so with large input files it starts ..."I think I've always had 'more' aliased to 'less' since I've ever worked on Unix boxes, which is since about 1992 off and on...
From�now�on,�"rich�text"�will�be�more�accurately�referred�to�as "exploitive�capitalist�text".
LOL, Given it's a Micro$oft standard, I thought everyone knew that already! I suspect the *main* reason RTF is a standard file type in OSX is so that we can now tell people, it's an RTF Manual!
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