On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 03:58:41PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Fri, 16 Jul 2004 01:46:30PM -0400, Hendrik Boom insinuated: > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:30:53PM +0800, Duggan wrote: > > > Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > > > > >On Friday 2004-07-16 08:59 am, Duggan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>I know that this is a really n00bish question, but I have to ask. What > > > >>is the command that limits output from a command to just a page at a > > > >>time, like the /p command in DOS? > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >less (or more). As in, instead of running > > > > > > > > $ command > > > > > > > >you pipe it's output into less (or more): > > > > > > > > $ command | less > > > > > > > >Et voila! You get the output one page at a time. > > > > > > > > > > > Okies, I get it now > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Elijah > > > > That works for regular output. However, some programs also emit > > error messages onto stderr. The above command will *not* redirect > > error messages into less, so they might mess up the pagination. > > To get error messages piped through less, use > > > > command 2>&1 | less > > dude! i've been trying to do that for months. tahnks! > > as an aside, did /p in DOS redirect stderr, too? it's been so long > ...
Well, I'm glad I posted -- I nearly didn't -- it seemed too well-known. But then I thought, piping to less is well-known, too. I wonder how many other well-known things need to be posted here too.... I wonder how many of them I need to know and don't... You're welcome. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
