Carlos E. R. wrote:
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The Tuesday 2008-05-13 at 20:10 -0400, Sam Clemens wrote:
Why not "less"? Remember that in linux, less is more than more :-p
Because he's a newbie, and the last thing I want to do is confuse him.
I started to use less from the very first day I had to use a linux system, a telnet session from a windows machine. Or the second day.
The command 'more' is very awkward for a windows user, with the strange pseudo cursor keys to move around.
Except that "less" is not universal. While it is found on MANY Linux machines, it is hardly standard in most of the *nix world. When dealing with newbies, I always teach the most widely used solution for anything, so that if the user finds himself on a different system, he's aware of what is most likely to be found. Only after he has learned the "standard" tools do I then move onto the latest conveniences. Having said that, I generally use "less" myself, mostly because command | more can not step backwards, but command | less can step backwards through previously viewed pages.
Or simply use the wonderful 'mc' browser.
And 'mc' is the easiest.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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