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Hi, Paul.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 03:37:34PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Paul Hartman
> <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
> >> I've finally been pushed over the edge. =A0I simply can't stand it a=
ny
> >> longer. =A0The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output=
 and
> >> either: (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) u=
sing
> >> cat etc., and have the interesting part scroll away.

> > You should just alias less to "less -E", it does exactly what you inv=
ented. :)
=20
> Oops, typo, I meant -F not -E. :)

Well, that's one way of discovering new features in familiar software.
;-)

Thanks!

--=20
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).