Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:41:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paging multiple columns in the console Message-ID: <20040611094132.GB80728@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040610183244.N38868@wonkity.com> References: <40C8EE0F.D385F4B4@tatteredcover.com> <20040610183244.N38868@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 06:38:45PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Reed Loefgren wrote:
> >Is there a way I can keep the
> >multi-column output but still use a pager?
>
> Hmm.. 'apropos column' and aha! The column command can be used to, err,
> re-columnize:
>
> ls /usr/bin | column -x | less
ls -C /usr/bin | less
Cheers,
Matthew
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