On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote: >> I've finally been pushed over the edge. I simply can't stand it any >> longer. The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and >> either: (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using >> cat etc., and have the interesting part scroll away. > > You should just alias less to "less -E", it does exactly what you invented. :)
Oops, typo, I meant -F not -E. :)