Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'
On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 01:34:54PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> if i use tab completion, and there are a lot of possibilities, 'more'
> is used as the default pager to show the list. I want to see the list
> with the 'less' pager.
>
> example:
>
> ~/$ cd<tab>
>
> will get:
>
> Display all 150 possibilities? (y or n)
>
> if i enter 'y', the 'more' pager is used to display the list. ;o(
>
> i want 'less'. ;o)
>
man update-alternatives
/etc/alternatives provides a setting for pager
update-alternatives --config pager
should do it if you execute this command as root / root equivalent via sudo.
Hope this helps,
AndyC
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