Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:47 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man quits back to the prompt after CTRL-G Message-ID: <20091014014947.GA13021@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <19157.11479.415746.171606@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <521176.60565.qm@web52902.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <19157.11479.415746.171606@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2009, Robert Huff wrote: > >Chris Stankevitz writes: > >> Please try this: >> >> 1. at the prompt type "man man" to get the man manual page. >> 2. press CTRL-G to to to the bottom of the document >> 3. press k to scroll up one line >> >> You'll notice you cannot perform step 3 because man "quits back >> to the prompt after CTRL-G". >> >> Question: How can I make man not "quit back to the prompt after >> CTRL-G"? The -e and -E options to less control this. You want neither of these specified if you don't want to have less automatically exit at end-of-file. The ``-e'' option causes it to exit the second time it hits eof while ``-E'' exits the first time. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Whenever a people entrust the defence of their country to a regular, standing army, composed of mercenaries, the power of that country will remain under the direction of the most wealthy citizens.
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