Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:35:30 -0600 From: "Eric Kjeldergaard" <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls? Message-ID: <d9175cad0612211235x6e4ab98cg18e3a195796f6698@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061221194409.GA1515@host.my.domain> References: <20061219195359.GA34750@host.my.domain> <20061221184535.GB40028@dan.emsphone.com> <20061221194409.GA1515@host.my.domain>
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On 12/21/06, a@zeos.net <a@zeos.net> wrote: > > 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. To find the answer to this, you need only look at both of those solutions and combine them. For instance... alias pls="ls -l $@ | less" -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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