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On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:42:00 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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If the subject is true, why does your dog have no man page? |
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> I've finally been pushed over the edge. I simply can't stand it any |
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> longer. The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and |
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> either: (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using |
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> cat etc., and have the interesting part scroll away. |
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> To solve this dilemma, I've written dog, a short script that will splat |
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> lines to the screen if they're few enough, invoke less otherwise. |
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% eix -e dog |
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[I] sys-apps/dog |
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Available versions: 1.7-r4{tbz2} |
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Installed versions: 1.7-r4{tbz2}(15:54:25 20/12/11) |
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Homepage: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/dog |
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Description: Dog is better than cat |
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Neil Bothwick |
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