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On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 12:06, Michael Kahle wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was looking at some of the gzip'd documentation in /usr/share/doc/exim
> today and I got to wondering...  When I want to view the documentation, I
> would always change to root, then uncompress the file, read it, and then
> re-compress it.  Am I making this too difficult?  Is there another utility
> that I should be using to browse this documentation so that I don't have to
> go through all of these steps every time?  I am very afraid that this is
> going to be a, "Where's the any key?", type question!   :)
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Michael

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.
-- 
Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP
ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting
Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935
Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org

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