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Re: more or less



On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:13:28AM +0100, Tom Badran wrote:
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> On Friday 11 Jul 2003 8:08 pm, Piero wrote:
> > When I attempt to read a man page, the reading takes place through
> > "more", not through "less"; which shell variable do I have to modifie,
> > and how (.profile?)?
> 
> You need to use update-alternatives to set 'pager' to be less instead
> of more.

Or set the PAGER environment variable if you want it per-user rather
than system-wide.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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