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Article #1224Re: Background writes in csh
From: David N. Blank
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 14:57
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 14:57
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> I've been meaning to switch over to less so many times, but only ONE
> thing stopped me. It appears superior in many ways, but for one
> annoying inconvenience (IMHO). At the very end of the article, you
> HAVE to type q to quit. With more, I just hit the spacebar as the last
> screenfull pours over my screen and that's it. Does any body have any
> suggestions as to how I can make less behave like more?
Well, from Mr. Manpage:
: OPTIONS
: ...
: -e Normally the only way to exit less is via the "q" com-
: mand. The -e option tells less to automatically exit
: the second time it reaches end-of-file.
:
: -E The -E flag causes less to exit the first time it
: reaches end-of-file.
You can also set the environment variable "LESS" to contain "-E" and
any other options which will be used every time you envoke less.
Enjoy.
Peace,
dNb
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!media-lab!media-lab.media.mit.edu!dnb From: dnb@meshugge.media.mit.edu (David N. Blank) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Background writes in csh Message-ID: <DNB.90Sep24105748@meshugge.media.mit.edu> Date: 24 Sep 90 14:57:48 GMT References: <1990Sep19.203803.25798@cs.umn.edu> <1990Sep20.185147.14158@ping.uucp> <2715@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU Distribution: comp Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory Lines: 24 In-reply-to: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU's message of 21 Sep 90 21:15:19 GMT