[aclug-L] Re: bash question

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

man man

=)

Typically, hit 'q'.  It depends on your pager, though.  In Linux the default
pager is usually set to more or less.  You can find out by issuing the
command:


  echo $PAGER

It should respond with either 'more' or 'less'.  Less is the nicer of the
two (lets you scroll up nd down whereas more typically allows you only to
scroll down).  Either one, tho, can be exited by typing 'q'.

If less is not set as your pager, you may consider making it your pager by
editing your .profile (or .bash_profile) or /etc/profile to make the change
for all users on your system.  Put this line in the file:

  export PAGER=less



On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 12:14:48PM -0600, Ryan & Jen wrote:
> When a man page is invoked, how do a get back to the console I invoked the
> page from.  This is of course in the initial bash shell without any GUI.  At
> this point, I am going to tty2 and killing the process on tty1.
> Yes, newbie dimly lit wit question.  I am reading doc and find it very
> useful,  just thought I would cheat and ask the list.
> 
> rrupert@xxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 

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