[SOLVED] less and vi (for Slack users).

saulgoode · 06-01-2013, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by stf92

Are not the variables output by the set command without arguments all of them environment variables?

No, 'set' displays both environment variables and shell variables. To display only the environment variables, use the command 'printenv'.

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Originally Posted by stf92

You mean that if, in /etc/profile, I don't prefix the variable name with 'export' then 'set' wont display it?

'set' will display "unexported" variables; however, 'printenv' will not.

Code:

$ tmp=1
$ echo $tmp
  1
$ set|grep tmp
  tmp=1
$ printenv|grep tmp
$ export tmp
$ printenv|grep tmp
  tmp=1

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 06:51 AM

Oh, well,thank you.

Diantre · 06-01-2013, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stf92

I've read the F manual, as you say, 13467 times and still can't make any sense of it.

Oh, I'm sorry. Please accept my apologies, I didn't know you had such problems with the fine manuals.

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On the other hand, I don't have to read any manual if I want to ask a question.

Certainly not, but frequently people (and software) will refer you to manuals, so you can discover that the answer to your question is already in the fine manual.

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Are you some busy developer that answers questions as an act of charity?

I've frequently given back to my community by teaching computer lessons (at no cost) and helped non-profit organizations with computer repairs (again at no cost), so I guess you can consider that as charity work. But I fail to understand why you call my very simple and straight to the point answer as an act of charity. I won't lose any sleep to that, though.

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Besides, I did not ask you to answer any question. If you want to respond, that's your business.

Now that's plain and simple rudeness. Besides, I did not ask you to understand any answer. If you want to ask, that's your business.

Apologies again if you misunderstood any of my posts as patronizing, that wasn't my intention. In any case, you just gave me an opportunity to try an LQ feature I've never used before: ignore lists. So thank you for that. Farewell and godspeed.

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 02:50 PM

I do not know the ignore lists. I can say that I looked for your term, RTFM, in wiktionary and can say that you're not the right person to speak about rudeness. If that is a regularly used term in these fora, then my apologies. Maybe I lack familiarity with the English language, but to F is to F, AFAIK.

markush · 06-01-2013, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by stf92

I do not know the ignore lists. I can say that I looked for your term, RTFM, in wiktionary and can say that you're not the right person to speak about rudeness. If that is a regularly used term in these fora, then my apologies. Maybe I lack familiarity with the English language, but to F is to F, AFAIK.

stf92, you may refer to this http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...75/page76.html thread for discussion of RTFM and if F means F or fine. You should accept that Diantre really wanted to help you. But your replies are going to be off topic now.

Markus

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 03:32 PM

I don't know, but methinks he was losing his temper/patience. Read the post and judge by yourself, markush.Also, here is the definition given by Wiktionary.