changing default (man) pager
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I'm working on Solaris 10, using bash. Want to change default pager from "more" to "less" (because "less is more" :). Tried to do the following:
PAGER=less
PS. When I do it in csh via
setenv PAGER less
then it works
bash man pager
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I'm working on Solaris 10, using bash. Want to change default pager from "more" to "less" (because "less is more" :). Tried to do the following:
PAGER=less
PS. When I do it in csh via
setenv PAGER less
then it works
bash man pager
asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
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Do not use justlesssince the default is to usemore -s.lessseems to implement the same option. BTW: if you have an editor that allows you to exit a binary without destroing the binary, edit/usr/bin/manand replacenroff -u0bynroff -u1for better readable output. IIRC, there are three such strings in the binary.
– schily
Nov 8 at 11:24
@schily; I think you wanted to say edit a binary and not exit a binary, right? Hm, not sure that I have such a thing, what would it be, some hexeditor? I can see the strings with strings.Thank you for the suggestion!
– stevica
Nov 8 at 12:51
Ok, it seems that I made 2 typos and fixed only one. Any modern editor schould be able to so this,viis not usable.
– schily
Nov 8 at 13:03
Notice the (small but important) distinction withsetenvsaying that it sets environment variables.
– Jeff Schaller
Nov 8 at 13:54
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@JeffSchaller I do notice. The thing is that withcshI have more experience and still fighting my way throughbash. Up to now I was even thinking that Bash doesn't make a distinction between environment and any other variable.
– stevica
Nov 8 at 17:33
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I'm working on Solaris 10, using bash. Want to change default pager from "more" to "less" (because "less is more" :). Tried to do the following:
PAGER=less
PS. When I do it in csh via
setenv PAGER less
then it works
bash man pager
asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
255
I'm working on Solaris 10, using bash. Want to change default pager from "more" to "less" (because "less is more" :). Tried to do the following:
PAGER=less
PS. When I do it in csh via
setenv PAGER less
then it works
bash man pager
bash man pager
asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
255
asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
255
edited Nov 8 at 11:45
asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
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asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
255
asked Nov 8 at 9:56
stevica
255
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Do not use justlesssince the default is to usemore -s.lessseems to implement the same option. BTW: if you have an editor that allows you to exit a binary without destroing the binary, edit/usr/bin/manand replacenroff -u0bynroff -u1for better readable output. IIRC, there are three such strings in the binary.
– schily
Nov 8 at 11:24
@schily; I think you wanted to say edit a binary and not exit a binary, right? Hm, not sure that I have such a thing, what would it be, some hexeditor? I can see the strings with strings.Thank you for the suggestion!
– stevica
Nov 8 at 12:51
Ok, it seems that I made 2 typos and fixed only one. Any modern editor schould be able to so this,viis not usable.
– schily
Nov 8 at 13:03
Notice the (small but important) distinction withsetenvsaying that it sets environment variables.
– Jeff Schaller
Nov 8 at 13:54
1
@JeffSchaller I do notice. The thing is that withcshI have more experience and still fighting my way throughbash. Up to now I was even thinking that Bash doesn't make a distinction between environment and any other variable.
– stevica
Nov 8 at 17:33
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Do not use justlesssince the default is to usemore -s.lessseems to implement the same option. BTW: if you have an editor that allows you to exit a binary without destroing the binary, edit/usr/bin/manand replacenroff -u0bynroff -u1for better readable output. IIRC, there are three such strings in the binary.
– schily
Nov 8 at 11:24
@schily; I think you wanted to say edit a binary and not exit a binary, right? Hm, not sure that I have such a thing, what would it be, some hexeditor? I can see the strings with strings.Thank you for the suggestion!
– stevica
Nov 8 at 12:51
Ok, it seems that I made 2 typos and fixed only one. Any modern editor schould be able to so this,viis not usable.
– schily
Nov 8 at 13:03
Notice the (small but important) distinction withsetenvsaying that it sets environment variables.
– Jeff Schaller
Nov 8 at 13:54
1
@JeffSchaller I do notice. The thing is that withcshI have more experience and still fighting my way throughbash. Up to now I was even thinking that Bash doesn't make a distinction between environment and any other variable.
– stevica
Nov 8 at 17:33
1
1
Do not use just
less since the default is to use more -s. less seems to implement the same option. BTW: if you have an editor that allows you to exit a binary without destroing the binary, edit /usr/bin/man and replace nroff -u0 by nroff -u1 for better readable output. IIRC, there are three such strings in the binary.– schily
Nov 8 at 11:24
Do not use just
less since the default is to use more -s. less seems to implement the same option. BTW: if you have an editor that allows you to exit a binary without destroing the binary, edit /usr/bin/man and replace nroff -u0 by nroff -u1 for better readable output. IIRC, there are three such strings in the binary.– schily
Nov 8 at 11:24
@schily; I think you wanted to say edit a binary and not exit a binary, right? Hm, not sure that I have such a thing, what would it be, some hexeditor? I can see the strings with strings.Thank you for the suggestion!
– stevica
Nov 8 at 12:51
@schily; I think you wanted to say edit a binary and not exit a binary, right? Hm, not sure that I have such a thing, what would it be, some hexeditor? I can see the strings with strings.Thank you for the suggestion!
– stevica
Nov 8 at 12:51
Ok, it seems that I made 2 typos and fixed only one. Any modern editor schould be able to so this,
vi is not usable.– schily
Nov 8 at 13:03
Ok, it seems that I made 2 typos and fixed only one. Any modern editor schould be able to so this,
vi is not usable.– schily
Nov 8 at 13:03
Notice the (small but important) distinction with
setenv saying that it sets environment variables.– Jeff Schaller
Nov 8 at 13:54
Notice the (small but important) distinction with
setenv saying that it sets environment variables.– Jeff Schaller
Nov 8 at 13:54
1
1
@JeffSchaller I do notice. The thing is that with
csh I have more experience and still fighting my way through bash. Up to now I was even thinking that Bash doesn't make a distinction between environment and any other variable.– stevica
Nov 8 at 17:33
@JeffSchaller I do notice. The thing is that with
csh I have more experience and still fighting my way through bash. Up to now I was even thinking that Bash doesn't make a distinction between environment and any other variable.– stevica
Nov 8 at 17:33
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Your
PAGER=less
sets the shell variable PAGER to the value less. For man (or anything other than the current shell) to see this, you will have to additionally make PAGER an environment variable. You do this with export, either through
PAGER=less
export PAGER
or
export PAGER=less
A shell variable is "exported into the environment" with export. This is the same in all sh-like shells. Exporting a variable in this way is the corollary to the csh/tcsh setenv command.
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Your
PAGER=less
sets the shell variable PAGER to the value less. For man (or anything other than the current shell) to see this, you will have to additionally make PAGER an environment variable. You do this with export, either through
PAGER=less
export PAGER
or
export PAGER=less
A shell variable is "exported into the environment" with export. This is the same in all sh-like shells. Exporting a variable in this way is the corollary to the csh/tcsh setenv command.
answered Nov 8 at 10:03
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Your
PAGER=less
sets the shell variable PAGER to the value less. For man (or anything other than the current shell) to see this, you will have to additionally make PAGER an environment variable. You do this with export, either through
PAGER=less
export PAGER
or
export PAGER=less
A shell variable is "exported into the environment" with export. This is the same in all sh-like shells. Exporting a variable in this way is the corollary to the csh/tcsh setenv command.
answered Nov 8 at 10:03
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up vote
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Your
PAGER=less
sets the shell variable PAGER to the value less. For man (or anything other than the current shell) to see this, you will have to additionally make PAGER an environment variable. You do this with export, either through
PAGER=less
export PAGER
or
export PAGER=less
A shell variable is "exported into the environment" with export. This is the same in all sh-like shells. Exporting a variable in this way is the corollary to the csh/tcsh setenv command.
answered Nov 8 at 10:03
Kusalananda
116k15218351
Your
PAGER=less
sets the shell variable PAGER to the value less. For man (or anything other than the current shell) to see this, you will have to additionally make PAGER an environment variable. You do this with export, either through
PAGER=less
export PAGER
or
export PAGER=less
A shell variable is "exported into the environment" with export. This is the same in all sh-like shells. Exporting a variable in this way is the corollary to the csh/tcsh setenv command.
answered Nov 8 at 10:03
Kusalananda
116k15218351
edited Nov 9 at 13:26
answered Nov 8 at 10:03
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answered Nov 8 at 10:03
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Do not use just
lesssince the default is to usemore -s.lessseems to implement the same option. BTW: if you have an editor that allows you to exit a binary without destroing the binary, edit/usr/bin/manand replacenroff -u0bynroff -u1for better readable output. IIRC, there are three such strings in the binary.– schily
Nov 8 at 11:24
@schily; I think you wanted to say edit a binary and not exit a binary, right? Hm, not sure that I have such a thing, what would it be, some hexeditor? I can see the strings with strings.Thank you for the suggestion!
– stevica
Nov 8 at 12:51
Ok, it seems that I made 2 typos and fixed only one. Any modern editor schould be able to so this,
viis not usable.– schily
Nov 8 at 13:03
Notice the (small but important) distinction with
setenvsaying that it sets environment variables.– Jeff Schaller
Nov 8 at 13:54
1
@JeffSchaller I do notice. The thing is that with
cshI have more experience and still fighting my way throughbash. Up to now I was even thinking that Bash doesn't make a distinction between environment and any other variable.– stevica
Nov 8 at 17:33