Items fly by

[Thomas Stivers]

Pipe commands that scroll through more or less. for example on my system
this produces miles of output all in pages.
slocate *.mp3 |less
Thats the secret of *nix, many small utility programs, not setting
scrolling settings and the like in each program. Oh yeah slocate is
basically the same as locate.

On 10/20/02 11:49 AM -0400, erik burggraaf wrote:
> Hi list.  I'm using the locate command to find some diagnostic software and
> potencial mount points for basic hardware like a floppy drive or a modem.  I
> can find what I want no problem, but I also get a lot of things I don't
> want.  Sometimes screens after screens.  The screens scroll automaticly, and
> I wonder if there's a way to change this.  Failing that, is there a way to
> get at the items at the top of the list without doing a locate and listening
> to the whole thing over.  I've done this 4 or 5 times, and it's starting to
> be counter productive.  I think if I could just stop the scroll where I
> wanted and review the lines I'm interested in, I'd be a little more
> effective.
> Thanks for any advice.
> Erik
> 
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