Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:44:09 +0200 From: a@zeos.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls? Message-ID: <20061221194409.GA1515@host.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <20061221184535.GB40028@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20061219195359.GA34750@host.my.domain> <20061221184535.GB40028@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 12:45:35PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Dec 19), a@zeos.net said: > > Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls, i. e. ls | less ? > > Yes, "ls | less" is the way to do it. You can add a shell alias to > make it easier to type: > > alias pls="ls -l | less" > > That's for bourne-style shells (sh,bash,zsh). for csh, you would use > > alias pls "ls | less" > > Another way to do it would be to write a script named pls and put it in > your path: > > #! /bin/sh > ls "$@" | less > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com Thank you for response, but I know how to write aliases and bash scripts. I just thought, I don't know the standard way. Apropos, alias pls="ls -l | less" is not a proper way, because of the command pls directory will give ls -l | less directory which is not what one want.
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