Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:22:21 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ls command flags Message-ID: <20020124192221.GA3428@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020124101723.C52223@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOGEJHCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020124101723.C52223@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 10:17:23AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:09:15AM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > > The /usr/ports/www directory has so many directories > > in it that the ls command just scrolls them off the screen. > > Is there a -flag to tell ls to show one screen at a time? > > No, but there's a command: less(1). The UNIX philosophy is to pipe > things between small focussed commands instead of adding equivalent > capabilities to lots of different programs. > That's more or less true. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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