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Re: /usr/share/doc...



On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:36:30PM -0400, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> Introducing: zmore, zless, or add to your .bash_profile or .profile:
> 
> eval $(lessfile)
> 
> or
> 
> eval $(lesspipe)
> 
> And don't feel like you missed a meeting where this was covered - all of
> us run into this problem early on, and more than a couple don't think to
> ask until someone else posts and reveals the great news.
hmm checking my understanding... does the above command just set the
following enviroment variables?:
export LESSOPEN="/usr/bin/lessfile %s";
export LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lessfile %s %s";

isnt immediately obvious but i guess using the eval and $() saves writing out
those assignments explicitly.

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