Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:17:23 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ls command flags Message-ID: <20020124101723.C52223@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOGEJHCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:09:15AM -0500 References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOGEJHCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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--hOcCNbCCxyk/YU74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:09:15AM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > The /usr/ports/www directory has so many directories=20 > in it that the ls command just scrolls them off the screen.=20 > Is there a -flag to tell ls to show one screen at a time?=20 No, but there's a command: less(1). The UNIX philosophy is to pipe things between small focussed commands instead of adding equivalent capabilities to lots of different programs. Kris --hOcCNbCCxyk/YU74 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8UE+zWry0BWjoQKURAiCDAJ9QQKK5msi6xP+aVi3hQlfLFE/joACgj3PL q8e80NQoNZcNrXOWt5JC/p0= =VjQP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hOcCNbCCxyk/YU74-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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