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@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 days ago

Less vs More, what’s your poison?

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Less vs More, what’s your poison?

@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 days ago
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  • setVeryLoud(true);
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    4•3 hours ago

    Less is more!

  • @simonced@lemmy.ml
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    3•8 hours ago

    I use more because I learned more first. Now it’s in muscle memory, so I won’t change anytime soon.

  • @NichtElias@sh.itjust.works
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    47•2 days ago

    It’s said that less is more but I more or less use less more than more.

    • @lordnikon@lemmy.world
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      15•2 days ago

      I both understood that sentence perfectly and sounded like a crazy person while reading it out loud.

  • @zagaberoo@beehaw.org
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    3•1 day ago

    I like that more behaves like cat when there’s less than a page of output rather than requiring you to press q to get back to the prompt even when it would just fit.

    There’s probably a way to make less do that too, but more already does it without configuration. Overall I use less most of the time but I like having the option.

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    1 day ago

    I use a teletype. My scrollback is INFINITE.

    • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      4•1 day ago

      your buffer size must exceed several floppies!

  • @ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml
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    4•1 day ago

    Neither, bat or neovim.

  • @SpicySquid@lemmy.ml
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    19•2 days ago

    Less, but actually bat

    • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      1•2 days ago

      I use bat sometimes, but how do you stop it from wrapping lines?

      • @msherburn33@lemmy.ml
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        I use bat sometimes, but how do you stop it from wrapping lines?

        $ cat ~/.config/bat/config
        --wrap=never
        
        • Jerkface (any/all)
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          2•1 day ago

          You dropped your friggin’ > in another thread and I just stepped on it. Pain like Lego.

        • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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          3•1 day ago

          I ain’t got no time for no config! I’m a busy man!

  • @Balthazar@lemmy.world
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    15•2 days ago
    alias more=less
    
    • Eyedust
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      4•1 day ago

      Godless heathen here.

      • @Balthazar@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        At least I use bash!

      • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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        1•1 day ago

        Yes?

  • LupusBlackfur
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    17•2 days ago

    Been using Less for so long…

    Forgot More existed. 🤷‍♂️

  • The Bard in GreenA
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    3•1 day ago

    tail -f of vim

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    3•1 day ago

    LESSOPEN='| highlight --line-numbers -qs candy --out-format=xterm256 --stdout -i %s'

    • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      1•1 day ago

      is that an alias or a sys env?

      • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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        Sys env. It adds syntax highlighting to less. Needs the highlight tool of course, there are others.

        • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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          oh, it literally pipes into another tool! I thought that vertical bar was a config option for less lmao

          • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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            2•1 day ago

            Yeah, less is weird there with needing the pipe.

  • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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    14•2 days ago

    I don’t know why anyone would use more when less is more with more features.

  • @JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    “less”. If its a small file i use cat. If i want the top I use “head” or "tail’ for the bottom. For a specific string i use “grep”

  • 柊 つかさ
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    7•2 days ago

    less or bat, but I usually use by paging up and down so it’s not that different from more… My terminal emulator only pages up and down, I like it that way.

  • @zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works
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    3•2 days ago

    Most!

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