Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:21:24 +0200 From: a@zeos.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls? Message-ID: <20061222182124.GA603@host.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <20061221204237.GC40028@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20061219195359.GA34750@host.my.domain> <20061221184535.GB40028@dan.emsphone.com> <20061221194409.GA1515@host.my.domain> <20061221204237.GC40028@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:42:37PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Dec 21), a@zeos.net said:
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 12:45:35PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > > In the last episode (Dec 19), a@zeos.net said:
> > > > Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls, i. e. ls | less ?
> >
> > Thank you for response, but I know how to write aliases and bash
> > scripts. I just thought, I don't know the standard way.
> >
> > Apropos,
> > alias pls="ls -l | less"
> > is not a proper way, because of the command
> >
> > pls directory
> >
> > will give
> >
> > ls -l | less directory
> >
> > which is not what one want.
>
> Yes, that is a limitation of aliases. Luckily, shell functions can do
> what you want:
>
> pls() {
> ls -l "$@" | less
> }
>
> --
> Dan Nelson
> dnelson@allantgroup.com
It is interesting idea!
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