On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:23:59 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> PS. What the hell is it with Linux and "commands" that fill three
>>> screenfulls of a terminal console?! What's that about?
>> 
>> If there's a problem, you can look back and see what the error was and
>> fix it.
>> 
>> I suppose it's the theory that too much information is better than too
>> little.
> 
> No, I mean... why would you need commands that freaking long in the
> first place??

Flexibility.

>> BTW, only three screens full of info?  That's a pretty small program,
>> relatively speaking.  Compiling Rockbox for my iPod fills more than
>> that easily.  :-)
> 
> Well, when you're in text-mode, it's not easy to measure how many
> screenfulls are scrolling past faster than the refresh rate of your
> monitor. :-P

tee or pipe through less, generally. :-)

Jim

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