[wellylug] cat README | more ???

Nick Jensen nickspoon at gmail.com
Wed Nov 3 11:53:11 NZDT 2004


 Well these are good reasons why you would end up with a statement
like that, I was just wondering why you would start with it? But I
think it is clear the answer is just personal preference. I only asked
in the first place to make sure I wasn't missing out on some good cat
and more action.

   Nick

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:45:08 +1300, jumbophut <jumbophut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because:
> 
> > cat file
> Dang, too long to fit on one screen
> > [up-arrow]|less
> That's better.
> 
> Alternatively...
> 
> > cat file
> Dang, too long to fit on one screen
> > less file
> I just wasted four keystrokes!




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