On Mon, 09 Aug 1999 09:03:22 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hi, I tried this now and did get the same error with gzipped files:
>>
>>$ most /usr/doc/lyx/README.gz
>>/usr/doc/lyx/README.gz: failed to open for reading.
>>
>>I had version 4.8.1-0.1 of most. I upgraded most to 4.9.0-1.1 and now
>>everything wor
> Does less decompress gz-files on-the-fly, too?
>
> Greets,
> Matt
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no but,
gunzip -c filename.gz | less
works well.
Cheers,
Lance
* Matthias Murra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does less decompress gz-files on-the-fly, too?
Put the following line into your /etc/profile (or whereever):
eval `/usr/bin/lesspipe`
(Note: these are backticks!) Then have a look at /usr/bin/lesspipe
and see what it can do for you and your less.
>Hi, I tried this now and did get the same error with gzipped files:
>
>$ most /usr/doc/lyx/README.gz
>/usr/doc/lyx/README.gz: failed to open for reading.
>
>I had version 4.8.1-0.1 of most. I upgraded most to 4.9.0-1.1 and now
>everything works again.
Thanks for trying and posting the results! I
Matthias Murra hat gesagt: // Matthias Murra wrote:
> If anyone out there is running a slink system, has the version of "most"
> installed that came with it (or could install it for a few seconds :->) and
> would be so kind to tell me if "most .gz" works, that might help. :)
> If it doesn't, I'd t
Matthias Murra wrote:
> If anyone out there is running a slink system, has the version of "most"
> installed that came with it (or could install it for a few seconds :->) and
> would be so kind to tell me if "most .gz" works, that might help. :)
i haven't seen a reply yet, so ...
no problem here
> I came in in the middle of this thread, I don't know who I should
>be talking to here.
I was the one who originally started the thread. :)
>> > I can view any file with "most ", except for gzipped files.
>> > Whenever I try that, I get
>> > : failed to open for reading.
>
> Hmm, I
Quoting Stephan Engelke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 08:15:53AM +, Walter Logeman wrote:
>
> > While we are on the subject, what I can't do is stop the file
> > from scrolling past, is there a way to view them page by page?
>
> cat filename| more
> zcat filename.g
I came in in the middle of this thread, I don't know who I should
be talking to here.
> > I can view any file with "most ", except for gzipped files.
> > Whenever I try that, I get
> > : failed to open for reading.
Hmm, I'm running a potato system using most as my pager. Mo
>I am sorry this is not an answer to your question I am new at
>this. I am learning to look at files in my half installed
>version. I've managed to use cat and zcat with *.gz
>files. You probably knew that.
Yep, but most has other nice features:
>While we are on the subject, what I can't do i
On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 08:15:53AM +, Walter Logeman wrote:
> While we are on the subject, what I can't do is stop the file
> from scrolling past, is there a way to view them page by page?
cat filename| more
zcat filename.gz | more
gzip -dc filename.gz | more (generic way,
Matthias,
I am sorry this is not an answer to your question I am new at
this. I am learning to look at files in my half installed
version. I've managed to use cat and zcat with *.gz
files. You probably knew that.
While we are on the subject, what I can't do is stop the file
from scrolling
I am having a problem with the version of most that came with
slink (v4.8.1-0.1) which I am unable to solve despite looking
in all the docs, man pages and the mailing archives.
I can view any file with "most ", except for gzipped files.
Whenever I try that, I get
: failed to open for reading.
I
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