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Subject:	RE: "more" equivalent in cygwin?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:29 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: "more" equivalent in cygwin?
> 
> Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Steven Buroff wrote:
> > 
> >> Apparently there is no "more" command in cygwin. Is there 
> some other
> >> command that does the same job? Thanks.
> > 
> > Yes.  That would be the "more" command from the 
> "util-linux" package, as
> > shown by 
> <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=bin%2Fmore%5Cb>.
> 
> 
> And the better alternative, which is in it's own package, is 
> 'less'.  If
> you'd like more from 'more', then you want 'less'. ;-)

Thanks much. "less" is indeed better than "more" and, in
addition, it got installed by setup.exe while "more" didn't
(and isn't in the list). I'm definitely for less :-)

Steve

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