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From: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.net>
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"Jeffrey Bouquet" <jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com> wrote:

> PAGER='cat'
> alias man='env PAGER=lookat man $1'

No need to alias 'man', just set env MANPAGER.

>From man man: (so good they named it twice etc.!)

-P pager
         Use specified pager.  Defaults to 'less -s' if color support is
         enabled, or 'more -s'.  Overrides the MANPAGER environment variable,
         which in turn overrides the PAGER environment variable.

cheers, Jamie