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maxIT
03-21-2006, 11:20 AM
All that [on subject] just by putting eval "$(lesspipe)" in the '/etc/profile' file.
According to this more detailed article (http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vivek/blogger/2006/03/less-is-more-hidden-treasure-of-less.php) it's even possible to read .docs, but personally I've failed in doing that.

dvryknopper
03-21-2006, 08:50 PM
in the linked to article, what does
backward movement in the file as well as forward movement mean exactly?

maxIT
03-22-2006, 07:05 PM
in the linked to article, what does
backward movement in the file as well as forward movement mean exactly?
The best known difference between "less" and "more" 8)