Re: Bash equivalent to DOS /p

[Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com>]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:30:53PM +0800, Duggan wrote:
> Kirk Strauser wrote:
> 
> >On Friday 2004-07-16 08:59 am, Duggan wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >>I know that this is a really n00bish question, but I have to ask.  What
> >>is the command that limits output from a command to just a page at a
> >>time, like the /p command in DOS?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >less (or more).  As in, instead of running
> >
> >   $ command
> >
> >you pipe it's output into less (or more):
> >
> >   $ command | less
> >
> >Et voila!  You get the output one page at a time.
> > 
> >
> Okies, I get it now
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Elijah

That works for regular output.  However, some programs also emit
error messages onto stderr.  The above command will *not* redirect
error messages into less, so they might mess up the pagination.
To get error messages piped through less, use

	command 2>&1 | less

-- hendrik