RE: tail command

From: Cunningham, Gerald <Gerald.Cunningham_at_usi.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:32:05 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00588E6F.20030424133205@fatcity.com>

Why Sonny.... If you have to use "less" you're spoiled if you ask me. Back in my day we never needed "less". We walked to work throught 3 feet of snow (both ways... in August...) used "more" and were happy about it dag-nab-it. We were just happy we had more than "cat". Don't make me come back there!! Why I oughtta...

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On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 12:06:38PM -0800, Jacques Kilchoer wrote:
> Yeah, but why is the Cygwin more called less? Not that I'm complaining

> mind you since it's free (and I created an alias for more) but still.

your acting like an old bsd type. less ships on most current unix like machines these days and is much more functional than more. I get laughed at by the young guys around here when I use more.

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