From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 11 09:41:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C249B16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:41:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12F9643D46 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:41:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i5B9fYrF081407 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:41:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i5B9fW6p081406; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:41:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:41:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20040611094132.GB80728@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Warren Block , Reed Loefgren , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <40C8EE0F.D385F4B4@tatteredcover.com> <20040610183244.N38868@wonkity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040610183244.N38868@wonkity.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Message not sent from an IPv4 address, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.3.8 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [0.0.0.0]); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:41:34 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040604, clamav-milter version 0.71c on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: Reed Loefgren cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paging multiple columns in the console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:41:46 -0000 --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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? >=20 > Hmm.. 'apropos column' and aha! The column command can be used to, err,= =20 > re-columnize: >=20 > ls /usr/bin | column -x | less ls -C /usr/bin | less Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAyX5MiD657aJF7eIRAo6nAJ9+Mn6uxD+xstT1G3D5aRJBXLsaXwCeKb4S rMM1IdomaO1CYIlk9btLaM4= =UkTw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS--