Re: unix riddlee

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 02/22/05

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    In article <1109019597.399243.74360@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
     "puzzlecracker" <ironsel2000@gmail.com> wrote:

    > Say that when you run the Unix command junky in your shell, it spits
    > out a ton of text to the console, too much for your console buffer to
    > hold. How would you run it so that you can look at everything it
    > outputs after it finishes?

    junky | less

    will pipe the output to a pager, that lets you read it slowly. If your
    system doesn't have "less", it probably has its predecessary "more".

    Or:

    junky > filename

    and then read filename in an editor. 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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