Re: reading /usr/doc files

[servis@purdue.edu]

*- On 28 Jan, Richard Hall wrote about "reading /usr/doc files"
> Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do
> I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more?
> 

Install the less package and then stick eval `/usr/bin/lesspipe` in
your system /etc/csh.login or /etc/profile.  This will allow less to
read compressed files, list files in .tar(.gz/.bz/.bz2), .deb, .rpm,
etc. Very handy!

-- 
Brian 
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