[wellylug] cat README | more ???

[Simon .]

> >  And why use more at all, when you can use less?
> >  I'm just curious about this, personally I would have run `less README`.
>
>The blatantly obvious difference between "more" and "less" is that (by
>default) "more" leaves the text in your terminal, while "less" takes over 
>the
>terminal then cleans up the text when you're finished.  So if I want the 
>text
>I've viewed to remain on the screen (for example, so I can copy and paste
>from it) I use more; and if I want it to go away (for example, so I can see
>the commands I previously typed) I use less, or emacs.

export alias less='less -X'

>I might ask: And why use less at all, when you can use emacs?

Because less is more.

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