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Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color

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On 5/1/17, 7:59 AM, in article
JvqdncO8rvHd0JrEnZ2dnUU7-LnNnZ2d@giganews.com, "Marek Novotny"
<marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:

> On 2017-05-01, Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 6:56:28 PM UTC-6, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>> On 2017-05-01, Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 4:42:23 PM UTC-6, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>>>> Hi group,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Posted a stupid Linux tip... If you like piping long directories to
>>>>> less but want to see the ls --color=auto still working in the less
>>>>> command then this is for you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ls piped to less with color
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://youtu.be/-_AHF3-329k
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Nice to know, thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> By the way... can I dump this?
>>> 
>>> Yeah, heck yeah. Dump away.
>> 
>> Done.
>> (but I still think you should do something like that)
>> 
>> For grins, I tried "ls -al  -color | less -R" on my Mac, which I
>> thought should work, but it didn't.
> 
> Yeah, I tend to write scripts on Linux first and then think about how to
> port them to the Mac. When it comes to BASH, I prefer Linux. The default
> BASH shell on the Mac is out of date as well. You can use brew to get a
> later version of the shell. Since I do very little on the Mac other than
> Adobe I don't put a lot of effort into it these days. Linux is just
> easier, for me. 

No doubt if your focus is on the CLI then Linux is second to none.

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use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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video posts - ls piped to less with color Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-30 17:42 -0500
  Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-30 19:05 -0400
  Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 17:28 -0700
    Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-30 19:56 -0500
      Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 07:40 -0700
        Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-05-01 09:59 -0500
          Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 11:58 -0700
          Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-05-02 07:49 -0400
            Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-05-02 07:43 -0500
              Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-05-02 12:13 -0400
              Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 09:59 -0700
            Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 10:12 -0700
        Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-05-01 17:26 +0200
          Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 11:58 -0700
        Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-05-01 15:29 +0000
          Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 08:45 -0700
          Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-05-01 11:10 -0500
          Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 10:13 -0700

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