GNU bug report logs - #6247
Request a pause

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6247: closed (Request a pause)
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 18:51:02 +0000

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From: Mark A Powell <map_cap <at> frontiernet.net>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Request a pause
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:16:18 -0400

Hello,  I just read the "man" for the ls command.  I didn't see an
option for pause, as in DOS (dir/p).  There are times when it would be a
great help when, viewing more than one page of files in a directory.
I hope this is not something, I over looked. 
Thank you all for your time.

 -mapcap

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Erik Auerswald <auerswal <at> unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
Cc: Mark A Powell <map_cap <at> frontiernet.net>, 6247-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6247: Request a pause
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:50:05 +0200

Erik Auerswald wrote:
...
> There is no such option, you can pipe the output of ls into your pager
> for this. Of course this enables you to use all the features of said
> pager, e.g. searching or scrolling backwards.
>
> Example:
> ls | less

Thanks for replying.
I'm marking this as closed.

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