Re: graphical file browser from command line
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 02:07:07AM -0400, Kevin Mark <kevix.nyc@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Rick Pasotto <rick@niof.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 05:19:49PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:45:11PM -0400, 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.)
> > > >
> > > In less, if you press 'v', it will open the file in VI, and then you can
> > > view the file there.
> >
> > Except that vi(m) will not edit STDIN. That's why I was looking for a
> > file *viewer*.
> >
> Your OP did not say that, so I guess my hint won't work as it expects
> a regular file.
"vim -" will happily edit STDIN, although of course you have to give a
filename when you save.
Daniel
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