On 3/11/08, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > Hey, `dmesg | vim -` shows this at the bottom of the resulting vim screen: "-stdin-" 506L, 24189C Should work just fine to view/edit/save the output... if you only want a 'viewer' you could use `| view -` or `| vim -R -`
cheers, Owen.
