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Old 03-22-2005, 08:30 AM   #1
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ls option to stop when screen fills up?

What's the equivalent to dos's 'dir -p' in linux? I know it's ls, but what's the option to get it to pause when the screen fills up?
 
Old 03-22-2005, 08:33 AM   #2
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Pipe the output into the 'less' program:

ls | less
 
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ls option to stop when screen fills up?
ls | more

q to quit
 
Old 03-22-2005, 08:48 AM   #4
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