Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:59:01 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls? Message-ID: <458C6335.4020009@u.washington.edu> 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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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. Put tildes (`) around the command alias maybe, or make the pls into a script? -Garrett
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