[linux-help] Re: ls

["James O. Harms" <joharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Hull wrote:
> 
 The main difference between less and more
> is that less lets you scroll backwards; more doesn't. The reason more is
> called more is that it waits for you to tell it to give you more. The reason
> less is called less beats me; it was written later, so the name is some sort
> of spin-off, but doesn't make sense.
> 
It makes sense if you think of LINUX as the operating system of
bad puns.  In addition to more and less, we have copyright and
copyleft, as well as the Bourne shell and the Bourne again
shell.  The list goes on, but these examples should suffice.
--joh


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