Mike Frysinger wrote:
On Friday 13 January 2012 19:22:15 Bruce Dubbs wrote:
"COMPATIBILITY WITH MORE
If the environment variable LESS_IS_MORE is set to 1, or if the
program is invoked via a file link named "more", less behaves
(mostly) in conformance with the POSIX "more" command
specification."
you've indirectly quoted one reason for needing "more" -- POSIX wants it.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/more.html
I guess my intent wasn't clear. I wasn't advocating removing "more"
from distros, I was saying that it's implementation via "less" is much
more flexible and wasn't really required in util-linux.
I suppose the case can be made that 'more' at about 27K is much smaller
and more efficient than 'less' at about 327K, but in the era of TB
drives, I wouldn't think that would make a significant difference. Both
programs are generally used by users at the command line - rarely in a
script.
That said, if you want to spend the effort to update and maintain a
program that duplicates functionality, than that's up to you. I just
think you may want to be careful of NIH thinking.
-- Bruce
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