Re: more or less
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:13:28 +0100
Tom Badran <tb100@doc.ic.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Tom
>
Alternatively, if you don't want to make a systemwide change, just place the following in your ~/.bashrc:
export PAGER=less
chris
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