On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 07:10:10 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 6:47 AM Dr Rainer Woitok > <rainer.woi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > since the output of "emerge -a" might be long, and since on a stock con- > > sole you cannot scroll, I had the idea of piping it into "tee", and in > > case I'm unsure just to say "No" to the question of whether or not I > > would like to merge these packages and then to inspect the "emerge" out- > > put more closely using an editor. > > Wouldn't it be more appropriate to use -p in this case, which will > require no input? > > I haven't dug into the man page, but I'm sure there are also options > that are more intended to make the output more suitable for > parsing/etc. >
I use script for that purpose and it works great, the output is complete and I can just say no and its all there. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com