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Drumachine 10-05-2013 02:59 PM
Command prompt outputs large files one line at a time
 
It's a difficult problem to explain but when I used to issue the command:

Code:
man sudo
The first page of the manual would instantly appear in a flash.

I don't know what I changed but now when I type the same command the output starts scrolling up from the bottom of the screen one line at time.

Can anyone explain what I might have changed and how I can revert back to how it was before?

I'm using Debian with no GUI if that helps?

Habitual 10-05-2013 03:07 PM
bash?

Drumachine 10-05-2013 03:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5040632)
bash?
probably. setting?

astrogeek 10-05-2013 03:11 PM
What does this say?

Code:
echo $MANPAGER
Do you have a man alias that uses a different man config file than /usr/lib/man.conf?

Try this to force the normal default behavior...

Code:
man -P '/usr/bin/less -is' sudo

Drumachine 10-05-2013 03:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by astrogeek (Post 5040635)
What does this say?

Code:
echo $MANPAGER
This returns a blank line.

Quote:
Originally Posted by astrogeek (Post 5040635)
Do you have a man alias that uses a different man config file than /usr/lib/man.conf?
Not that I know of!

Quote:
Originally Posted by astrogeek (Post 5040635)
Try this to force the normal default behavior...

Code:
man -P '/usr/bin/less -is' sudo
This doesn't affect the behavior; the scrolling effect persists.


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