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Re: how to work the question phase


From: Paul Jarc
Subject: Re: how to work the question phase
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:27:58 -0400
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These questions aren't related to bash.  You might want to look for a
users' group in your area for help with general questions like this.

"George Hernandez" <elsteamola@fcc.net> wrote:
> when I want a 'dir' listing, how can I stop the listing from
> scrolling all the way to the bottom as soon as I hit the return key?
> I thought 'more" was the way to go but I get a 'command not found'
> reply.

You could try "less" instead.

> how do I get out of a 'man' screen?  when I type--say, 'man dir' and
> go to the bottom of the page, there is a highlighted box that reads
> '(end)'.  Well, how do I get out of it?

If your pager is less, "q" will exit.


paul



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