On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 05:19:49PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:45:11PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I spend most of my time on the command line and use 'less' when I want > > to just view a file. However, there are some files that have excessively > > long lines and I'd like to be able to left/right scroll rather than have > > the lines wrapped. What program could I call from the command line that > > would open such a viewer on a given file? (My desktop is gnome but kde > > is installed.) > > > In less, if you press 'v', it will open the file in VI, and then you can > view the file there.
Except that vi(m) will not edit STDIN. That's why I was looking for a file *viewer*. -- "To respond is positive, to react is negative." -- Zig Zigler Rick Pasotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]