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 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 15/10/2002 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at ev1.net http://stivers-home.dyndns.org
