On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 03:12:18AM +0100, Brett Parker wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 08:59:21PM -0500, d wrote: > > LURKER here again, what is used to read the HOWTO files? All of the ones I > > have on my system are ******.gz, I know that means compressed. What to use > > to uncompress? When I used to work on UNIX systems you used a command > > called "compress" with different switches to do that or to uncompress. > > > > As usual one for the road, if those that are NOT a user nor a programmer > > would put in the "Subject" some thing like what I have installed would help > > MOA find the ones with the 'HOLD MY HAND' instructions and save me and I am > > sure many others much time searching for thingys that could be useful to me/us. > > cough, suggestion, zless. it'll probably be installed... failing that, > gzip -dc filename | less $ eval $(lesspipe) $ less filename.gz Put 'eval $(lesspipe)' in your .bashrc or .bash_profile -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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