End of more

Alien_Hominid · 04-14-2006, 02:36 PM

Can somebody tell me how to quickly reach end of more (not pressing enter for half an hour)?

Thanks

edavis · 04-14-2006, 02:52 PM

To scroll pages at a time (instead of the one line at a time with the enter key) press the spacebar.

If you want to see the very last few lines of a listing just pipe it through tail.

Code:

$ ls -1 /var/log/packages/ | tail
xsane-0.97-i486-1
xscreensaver-4.22-i486-2
xv-3.10a-i486-4
xvim-6.3.086-i486-1
xxgdb-1.12-i386-1
yptools-2.9-i486-1
ytalk-3.1.1-i386-1
zile-2.2.13-i486-1ejd
zlib-1.2.3-i486-1
zsh-4.2.5-i486-1

man tail(1)

Alien_Hominid · 04-14-2006, 02:55 PM

I have just run lsdel on debugfs and he gave about million of nodes so I really don't know what to do.

pwc101 · 04-14-2006, 02:59 PM

if you use less instead of more, you can just hit the end key. less also has the advantage of allowing you to scroll back up using the arrow keys.

Alien_Hominid · 04-14-2006, 03:08 PM

lsdel automatically put me on more, i don't know if he's capable of piping through less.

mdarby · 04-14-2006, 03:08 PM

Try:

Code:

tail -n 100 /var/log/whatnot

tobyl · 04-14-2006, 06:05 PM

funny that, at work i use more on tru64 boxes, and with a ksh shell, shift+g sends you to the end, but linux doesn't seem to work that way, even when VISUAL=vi

however, i recently discovered most

it is great! install it if you dont have it. (b takes you to the end of the file)

tobyl

Alien_Hominid · 04-15-2006, 12:40 AM

I have most (also have less), but debugfs (lsdel) uses the most (maybe because all machines have it) and this is where the problem comes. I used f button (it scrolls pages, not lines), but this also took long to reach the end.

rickh · 04-15-2006, 12:54 AM

I would assume you can pipe it thru 'tail' or 'most'

tobyl · 04-15-2006, 04:15 AM

man debugfs says it allows you to set which pager is used

" The specific pager can explicitly specified by the DEBUGFS_PAGER environment variable, and if it is not set, by the PAGER environment variable"

If you use less, then G (shift g) will take you to the end

"Note that since a pager is always used, the less(1) pager is not particularly
appropriate, since it clears the screen before displaying the output of the command
and clears the output the screen when the pager is exited.
Many users prefer to use the less(1) pager for most purposes, which is why
the DEBUGFS_PAGER environment variable is available to override the more
general PAGER environment variable."

If you use most, as I said before, b will take you to the end

tobyl

Alien_Hominid · 04-15-2006, 04:19 AM

Oh. Thanks. I'll know from now on.

tobyl · 04-15-2006, 04:40 AM

you are welcome. (sorry i didn't mean to sound pompous)

tobyl