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Re: video posts - ls piped to less with color

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On 5/2/17, 5:43 AM, in article
tYudnSOF4ZKZ4pXEnZ2dnUU7-Q2dnZ2d@giganews.com, "Marek Novotny"
<marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:

...

>>>> For grins, I tried "ls -al  -color | less -R" on my Mac, which I
>>>> thought should work, but it didn't.
>> 
>> It should be "--color".
> 
> On the Mac, it's "-color". This is the problem with the Mac.

The two are different. That does not make one more of a problem than the
other.

> What you write in Linux won't just work in the Mac.

And vice versa. Sure. And if we are talking about the desktop then Linux is
the odd-man-out... so by your "logic" Linux is the problem.

> You have to do a bit of porting over. I used to have linfo for Mac, BSD and
> Linux. It becomes pretty darn obvious that the shell code from one will not
> just work in the other. Not by a country mile.
> 
> Even with straight BSD, it's still not identical.

In other words your blaming of the Mac was incorrect. OK.

> Apple has a small list of their own commands they add to interact with
> hardware. Command syntax differs. The file system is of course different so
> throw out anything to do with the file system as that's not going to be
> compatible. 

Meaning those who write code to the LCD will have challenges. Sure.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
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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