On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008, Balu manyam wrote:
> > absolutely - less is much better - it would be more helpful if one can
> edit
> > a file with less - so we need not use 'vi' especially for big text
> > files..(
Hello,
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008, Balu manyam wrote:
> absolutely - less is much better - it would be more helpful if one can edit
> a file with less - so we need not use 'vi' especially for big text
> files..(sed -i is an option but less is less memory intensive)
I think adding an editor to "less" wou
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2008, Balu manyam wrote:
> > the v puts the "less" buffer into the editor of your choice
> > vi/emacs/pico etc. (EDITOR variable). Editing capability
> > referenced above is within the "less" tool itself.
> >
> wow - i did not know this
Two other useful variables that you can s
>
>
> the v puts the "less" buffer into the editor of your choice
> vi/emacs/pico etc. (EDITOR variable). Editing capability referenced
> above is within the "less" tool itself.
>
> --
> Arun Khan
>
>
wow - i did not know this
cheers!
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On Tuesday 03 Jun 2008, ashok sezhiyan wrote:
> > absolutely - less is much better - it would be more helpful if one
> > can edit a file with less - so we need not use 'vi' especially for
> > big text files..(sed -i is an option but less is less memory
> > intensive)
>
> You can edit a file using l
> absolutely - less is much better - it would be more helpful if one can edit
> a file with less - so we need not use 'vi' especially for big text
> files..(sed -i is an option but less is less memory intensive)
You can edit a file using less... just press ' v ' :-)
-Ashok
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 Jun 2008, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
>
> You beat me to it. I was about to post who uses "more" anymore?
>
absolutely - less is much better - it would be more helpful if one can edit
a file with less - so we nee
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2008, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
You beat me to it. I was about to post who uses "more" anymore?
snip ...
>
> It is less and less nowadays.
>
more or less :)
> I stopped using more(1) more than 6 years ago.
my exp. see below.
> It can also display percentages, move ba
On 09:57:27 Jun 03, Bharathi Subramanian wrote:
> One Day One GNU/Linux Command
> =
>
> more -- File perusal filter for viewing
>
> Summary:
>
> Perusal means the act of reading, especially of reading through or
> with care. More is a filter for paging through text
One Day One GNU/Linux Command
=
more -- File perusal filter for viewing
Summary:
Perusal means the act of reading, especially of reading through or
with care. More is a filter for paging through text one screenful
at a time. Press `q' to Quit.
Examples:
$ more my
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