Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:00:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Eric Murphy <eam404@kingwoodcable.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi Quick question Message-ID: <20030814115719.I1513@njamn8or.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20030814180836.GB8728@webserver> References: <000f01c35e29$aa194a00$6401a8c0@envy> <20030814180836.GB8728@webserver>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Joshua Oreman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:52:33PM -0500 or thereabouts, Eric Murphy wrote: > > > Is there a command to browse files by pages? When ever I ls in a > > big dir, I can't shift page up for some reason. This is very > > annoying =( > > Option 1) ls | less #-or-# ls | more > Option 2) press ScrollLock and then up/down arrow or pgup/pgdown If you are new to the shell and looking for something to ease the transition between Windows and the console try installing mc (/usr/ports/misc/mc): /usr/ports/misc/mc/pkg-descr GNU Midnight Commander is a user-friendly yet powerful file manager and visual shell, useful to novice and guru alike. It provides a clear, user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix system while making many frequent file operations more efficient and preserving the full power of the command prompt. You will wonder how you could ever live without it. WWW: http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ Cheers, Viktor
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