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Open man-page with less [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to let man utility to use less to display manual rather than more?
How can i open up the Man-page for a command with the less-editor?
Alternatively, how can i find ...
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How can I set `less` or `more` max lines (scrollable height) limit/boundary in linux?
(Sorry for the title. Any suggestions?)
I've set my commandline PS1 to cover 3 lines:
white space
user, server and pwd
$ or # to input
I think less (or more?) is configured to break after ...
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Less or More in Windows?
Is there a command in the Windows DOS prompt that is equivalent to the UNIX less or more?
Basically, the problem is that when I type hg log, the output has too many lines to fit on the screen and I ...
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Why less -F option does not work with -S option
While trying to improve output from hg diff I've noticed that less -F option does not work with -S option. Why is that happening and how to achieve desired effect?
Here is handout from man:
-F or ...
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1answer
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Best method for CoffeeScript / LESS autocompilation?
I've been using LESS and CoffeeScript substantially lately, and wondering what would be the best method of monitoring. Currently I use LESS.app, which works great, but I don't think there's a solution ...
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How to turn off word-wrap in less
Short version:
How can I make the less utility in Linux not wrap lines?
Long version:
Often I need to view huge CSV files using less with hundreds of columns. I frequently only care about the first ...
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1answer
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Getting LESS to return back to command line if a short file is displayed
Is there a command line option that will allow less to return to the command line if there are not sufficient lines in the file to warrant paging.
Sure I have seen it in the past but can't find the ...
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6answers
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Mercurial. Colour output piped to less
Operating system: Mac OS 10.6.2
I'd like to be able to see colour output when piping certain commands through less.
Two examples:
I've got ls aliased to ls --color=auto, so I'd like to be able to ...
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