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On Sunday 01 May 2016 12:36:48 Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Mon, 2 May 2016 02:30 am, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> In discussions like these, it would be important to draw from
> >> precedents. Are there commands that have such an option?
> >
> > It's pretty rare. =C2=A0It is assumed that Unix uses can type " | less"
>
> Is nobody except me questioning the assumption that we're only talking
> about Unix users?
>
linux, unix, mauche nichs.  Are there others?>
>
> --
> Steven


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