On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 9:44 PM, 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*.
>
Your OP did not say that, so I guess my hint won't work as it expects
a regular file.


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