Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:55:21 -0400 From: John <papalia@udel.edu> To: "MrBoboo" <mrboboo@home.com>, "newbie @ freebsd" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help with listing Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000823085259.00abd750@mail.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <000e01c00cbc$42cd2720$71aa1518@mesqt1.tx.home.com>
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>what is the command for listing files/directories page by page (i cant see >the other 50 files that scroll through the top and only see about 40 >files/folders) >like the DOS command would be DIR /P >i cant find it in the man pages, nor the sites, nor the 3 admin books i >have for BSD/unix/linux >i have done it before but have since forgotten syntax/option for it Two choices... You can "ls | more" or, you can install "less" from the ports tree (/usr/ports/misc/less) and then "ls | less" Both accomplish your goal. You'll probably want to read "man more" or "man less" either way. Hope that helps, John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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