From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 27 06:41:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB28416A404 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:41:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2036413C48D for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1R6ei8A041862; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:40:44 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <45E3D262.9080707@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:40:34 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070120) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kelly Jones References: <26face530702261927w553488a1uae8629aa3d827497@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26face530702261927w553488a1uae8629aa3d827497@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig5DA2654398C46497F4E38A55" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:41:01 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90/2657/Mon Feb 26 22:57:11 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME, NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: nmlug@nmlug.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nmosug-l@mailman.swcp.com, linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Effectively detaching 'less' from a pipe X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:41:09 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5DA2654398C46497F4E38A55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kelly Jones wrote: > Once I'm convinced, though, I'd like to "get rid" of less, and just > have the rest of stdout spewed to the terminal (and/or /dev/null > and/or to a file I specify). >=20 > In other words, I want to stop hitting 'space' until my program termina= tes. Hit F Makes less work rather like tail(1). Once your inferior process has finished you need to hit Ctrl-C and then q to quit from less(1). Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig5DA2654398C46497F4E38A55 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF49Js8Mjk52CukIwRCFfIAJ9ou4tdzIm1cc6qhEqydQT6Hgu9zwCcDqwh FKkfqG4PaPu/u+rlDxniT+c= =T5tP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5DA2654398C46497F4E38A55--