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Subject: Re: Sun vs. 3B2 (was: Ksh availabil
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 09:43:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 09:43:00 1987
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> >"pg" is sorry compared to "less".
> 
> Pg is comparable to less.  Both let you go to an arbitrary point in a file.
> Both let you page backwards (but less will use scroll-backwards, if your
> terminal has it; pg doesn't).  Pg with the -n option will use cbreak mode,
> like less, so you don't have to hit RETURN after every command.

  I usually use vi as a pager.  It usually serves my needs quite well,
though it may not be elegant....  (it will scroll up/down and everything
that has so far been mentioned).  You could use view, the link to vi that
does not allow writes.

Randy