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> instance how `less` became `more` on most systems How `more` became `less`. The name of 'more' was from paging - rather than having text scroll off the scre
by nailer 1y ago
> instance how `less` became `more` on most systems
How `more` became `less`.
The name of 'more' was from paging - rather than having text scroll off the screen, it would show you one page, then ask if you wanted to see 'more' and scroll down.
'less' is a joke by the less authors. 'less is more' etc.
- yencabulator 1y agoFor a while there was a less competitor named most.
- JdeBP 1y agoIt hasn't gone away. * https://freshports.org/sysutils/most/ https://freshports.org/sysutils/most/ * https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/misc/most/index.html https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/misc/most/i... * https://packages.debian.org/sid/most https://packages.debian.org/sid/most One can even get pg still, with Ilumos-based systems; even though that was actually taken out of the SUS years ago. This goes to show that what's standard is not the same as what exists, of course. * https://illumos.org/man/1/pg https://illumos.org/man/1/pg * https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2008edition/xrat/V4_xcu_chap04.html https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2008edition...