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You ever read the man pages for less? Actually apparently it doesn't have a man page, I had to use less --help. Anyways, it turns out there's a ton of functio
by Zikes 12y ago
You ever read the man pages for less?
Actually apparently it doesn't have a man page, I had to use less --help.
Anyways, it turns out there's a ton of functionality I never thought to look for. I only ever see "| less" and that's all it ever was to me. There's nothing more I really expected out of it than that, really.
But that's just how it goes, for the most part. You learn the basics about how to use a given tool, enough to serve the purpose you originally sought it out for, and then that's it, everything else is just noise. less lets me easily scroll through whatever output I pipe to it, ssh gets me onto another server, what more would I need or expect?
But then an article like this comes along and prompts me to look more closely at something I had been taking for granted, showing it to be much more versatile than I thought.