[ale] I am so tired of Linux Fanatics

[James Sumners]

The typical man page viewer (PAGER) is `more`. But you could just as
easily use `less` or something else. In fact, I use `most` as my
viewer. I use the following line in my ~/.bashrc to make the change:

[ -e "`which most`" ] && export PAGER='most'

Then you can use whatever search command your pager uses to search the
manual you are currently viewing.

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> On Thu July 8 2010, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> My greatest "AH HA!" moment reading man pages was when I discovered I could
>> search for terms within man pages by hitting /<search term>  or /"search
>> term" when it had spaces.
>>
> I....was....unaware of that search feature!!!!!!!!! and that is a VI function
> that I have used for over 20 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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