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tetris11@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago

Less vs More, what's your poison?

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Less vs More, what's your poison?

tetris11@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago
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  • NichtElias@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s said that less is more but I more or less use less more than more.

    • lordnikon@lemmy.world
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      I both understood that sentence perfectly and sounded like a crazy person while reading it out loud.

    • brisk@aussie.zone
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      This would fit in perfectly in Dr Suess’ Hop on pop

  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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    Less is more!

  • mvirts@lemmy.world
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    Less, then “vim -” after I realize I don’t know how to use less.

  • AndyRTR@lemmy.ml
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    alias less=‘moar’

  • deadcatbounce@reddthat.com
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    bat.

  • hallettj@leminal.space
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    I’m not sure if I’ve used more in the last 25 years. And when I did I think it was in MS-DOS.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    LESSOPEN='| highlight --line-numbers -qs candy --out-format=xterm256 --stdout -i %s'

    • tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      is that an alias or a sys env?

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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        Sys env. It adds syntax highlighting to less. Needs the highlight tool of course, there are others.

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          oh, it literally pipes into another tool! I thought that vertical bar was a config option for less lmao

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            Yeah, less is weird there with needing the pipe.

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    I use a teletype. My scrollback is INFINITE.

    • tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      your buffer size must exceed several floppies!

  • simonced@lemmy.ml
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    I use more because I learned more first. Now it’s in muscle memory, so I won’t change anytime soon.

  • 柊 つかさ@lemmy.world
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    less or bat, but I usually use by paging up and down so it’s not that different from more… My terminal emulator only pages up and down, I like it that way.

  • The Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz
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    tail -f of vim

  • zagaberoo@beehaw.org
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    I like that more behaves like cat when there’s less than a page of output rather than requiring you to press q to get back to the prompt even when it would just fit.

    There’s probably a way to make less do that too, but more already does it without configuration. Overall I use less most of the time but I like having the option.

  • ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml
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    Neither, bat or neovim.

  • Ulrich@feddit.org
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    Could you be more cryptic?

    • HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org
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      Those are two pager programs on Linux. less has more features than more and that’s what most people use.

      • Ulrich@feddit.org
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        What’s a pager program?

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          Allows you to scroll through / view a text file in the terminal.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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      RTFM.

    • tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      Yes, back in days of yore when the cyberbunnies had to run their lines through the bare wastes of the great Dave’s router, there existed a tool so coveted by the eunuchs that they named it twice, and would beg for degrees of release depending on how gimped up they were. “More” some would scream, “less” others would whisper.

  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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    Been using Less for so long…

    Forgot More existed. 🤷‍♂️

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