Re: graphical file browser from command line
Rick Pasotto wrote:
> I spend most of my time on the command line and use 'less' when I want
> to just view a file. However, there are some files that have excessively
> long lines and I'd like to be able to left/right scroll rather than have
> the lines wrapped. What program could I call from the command line that
> would open such a viewer on a given file? (My desktop is gnome but kde
> is installed.)
>
How about editing the file with gvim instead of less?
If you are piping the output of a certain command to less, then also you can
employ gvim. For example, instead of doing
command | less
you can do
command | gvim -
hth
raju
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