Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 19:44:06 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> Cc: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with more Message-ID: <20000608194406.D233@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000608201121.B6019@denary.brwn.org>; from willem@brwn.org on Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:11:21PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006080844210.22635-100000@web2.sea.nwserv.com> <20000608191623.A6019@denary.brwn.org> <20000608183656.C233@parish> <20000608201121.B6019@denary.brwn.org>
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On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:11:21PM +0200, Willem Brown wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the 4-0 Stable box I got, it would seem that /usr/bin/less is
> exactly the same as /usr/bin/more. So this is at least true on a
> 4-0S box.
>
How recently have you run ``make world''? I'm running 4.0-STABLE as of
6/5 and I haven't got ``less'':
% ls -lrt /usr/bin/{less,more}
ls: /usr/bin/less: No such file or directory
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 52388 6 May 19:55 /usr/bin/more
% uname -a
FreeBSD parish 4.0-STABLE FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0:
Sat May 6 20:06:03 BST 2000
root@parish:/usr/src/sys/compile/PARISH i386
<shrug>
> I checked on the 3.4R box and the more command has no such options. Sorry
> about that.
>
> So it would seem that the less package is not needed on a 4.0 stable
> box at least?
>
> Regards
> Willem Brown
>
> l
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 06:36:56PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 07:16:23PM +0200, Willem Brown wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Have a look at the -r or -R option for more, man more.
> > >
> >
> > Huh? my more(1) manpage shows no -r or -R option. It does however have
> > ``r'' and ``R'' *commands* to repaint the screen. Is this what you
> > mean?
> >
> > > Regards
> > > Willem Brown
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:45:37AM -0700, Jim Freeze wrote:
> > > > I have added gnuls to my system and do like the colors.
> > > >
> > > > alias dir='gnuls --color -alF'
> > > >
> > > > However, when a directory listing is too large, I
> > > > typically pipe it to more. But, when I do this, I get
> > > > the following
> > > >
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 15 jfreeze jfreeze 1536 Jun 8 11:32 ^[[01;34m.^[[0m/
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 4 mfreeze mfreeze 512 May 21 17:16 ^[[01;34m..^[[0m/
> > > > -rw------- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 204 Jun 8 11:32
> > > > ^[[0m.Xauthority^[[0m
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 1817 May 28 01:39 ^[[0m.acrorc^[[0m
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root jfreeze 0 May 10 00:09
> > > > ^[[0m.addressbook^[[0m
> > > > -rw------- 1 root jfreeze 2285 May 10 00:09
> > > > ^[[0m.addressbook.lu^[[0m
> > > > -rw------- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 6005 Jun 8 08:45
> > > > ^[[0m.bash_history^[[0m
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 38 May 17 21:43
> > > > ^[[0m.bash_login^[[0m
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 42 May 17 21:46
> > > > ^[[0m.bash_profile^[[0m
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 339 May 31 18:14 ^[[0m.bashrc^[[0m
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 4 jfreeze jfreeze 512 May 5 06:36
> > > > ^[[01;34m.bluefish^[[0m/
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 490 May 2 19:04 ^[[0m.cshrc^[[0m
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 24 May 21 22:43 ^[[0m.gvimrc^[[0m
> > > > -rw------- 1 root jfreeze 29 May 23 21:38 ^[[0m.history^[[0m
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 jfreeze jfreeze 512 May 2 23:10 ^[[01;34m.kde^[[0m/
> > > >
> > > > isteand of the normal
> > > >
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 15 jfreeze jfreeze 1536 Jun 8 11:32 ./
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 4 mfreeze mfreeze 512 May 21 17:16 ../
> > > > -rw------- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 204 Jun 8 11:32 .Xauthority
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 1817 May 28 01:39 .acrorc
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root jfreeze 0 May 10 00:09 .addressbook
> > > > -rw------- 1 root jfreeze 2285 May 10 00:09 .addressbook.lu
> > > > -rw------- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 6005 Jun 8 08:45 .bash_history
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 38 May 17 21:43 .bash_login
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 42 May 17 21:46 .bash_profile
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 339 May 31 18:14 .bashrc
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 4 jfreeze jfreeze 512 May 5 06:36 .bluefish/
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 490 May 2 19:04 .cshrc
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jfreeze jfreeze 24 May 21 22:43 .gvimrc
> > > > -rw------- 1 root jfreeze 29 May 23 21:38 .history
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 jfreeze jfreeze 512 May 2 23:10 .kde/
> > > >
> > > > The --color argument is what is causing the problems, but shouldn't more
> > > > be able to handle this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
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