"Korthrun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 000b01c2ba92$be2f07e0$22cf483f@korth">news:000b01c2ba92$be2f07e0$22cf483f@korth... > I have written a program in perl that collects some data and prints it to the screen based on parameters that are given > on the command line (gee original idea for perl eh). Most of the time there are more lines in the file being printed > than there are on my display. I would like to get it to print out with behavior like more (yes I did try print `more > filename`;). Being able to specify X lines at a time would rock because then it wouldn't matter what display your on, > that is of course if more like behavior is not possible or way to much of a hassle. >
Why dont you pipe your programs output to more? perl -e "print <>;" menu.xml | more If you build a paging system in to your program, then you'll make it difficult for other programs to collect your program's output. Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
