erik burggraaf staggered into view and mumbled: > >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 Try: locate <your_stuff> | more where <your_stuff> is the string you want to use--do not include the < and > signs. If you just want to see the top 20 lines, you could pipe it through `head' instead as follow: locate <your_stuff> | head -20 or you could redirect the output into a file for later viewing or editing as follows: locate <your_stuff> > filename.txt Have fun! -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. CIRCLE CIRCUMFERENCE = 2 * _pi * r
