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Commands using less

Terminal - Commands using less - 43 results

read -p "enter url:" a ; w3m -dump $a > /dev/shm/e1q ; less /dev/shm/e1q ; read -p "save file as text (y/n)?" b ; if [ $b = "y" ] ; then read -p "enter path with filename:" c && touch $(eval echo "$c") ; mv /dev/shm/e1q $(eval echo "$c") ; fi ; echo DONE

2010-07-13 22:36:38

User: LinuxMan

Functions: c++ echo eval less mv read touch

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Get a url, preview it, and save as text - with prompts

Thanks th John_W for suggesting the fix allowing ~/ to be used when saving a directory.

directions:

Type in a url, it will show a preview of what the file will look like when saved, then asks if you want to save the preview and where you want to save it. Great for grabbing the latest commandlinefu commands without a full web browser or even a GUI. Requires: w3m

tree -C | less -R

2010-04-14 00:19:30

User: rkulla

Functions: less

Tags: less tree

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Preserve colors when piping tree to less

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curl -s "http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/json?count=5" | python -m json.tool | less -R

This is sample output - yours may be different.

[
    {
        "d": "22 Useful Online Chart & Graph Generators | Tools", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "charts", 
            "tools", 
            "chart", 
            "generator", 
            "graph", 
            "online", 
            "graphs", 
            "web", 
            "design", 
            "webdesign"
        ], 
        "u": "http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-useful-chart-graph-diagram-generators/"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "Official Google Data APIs Blog: Bringing OpenID and OAuth Together", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "openid", 
            "oauth", 
            "google", 
            "identity", 
            "security", 
            "authentication", 
            "api", 
            "plaxo", 
            "protocol", 
            "data"
        ], 
        "u": "http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2009/01/bringing-openid-and-oauth-together.html"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "Great Girl Manipulations by Digital Artist Michael O. | Abduzeedo - design inspiration and tutorials", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "photoshop", 
            "art", 
            "photography", 
            "inspiration", 
            "design", 
            "photos", 
            "women", 
            "blog", 
            "awesome", 
            "cool"
        ], 
        "u": "http://abduzeedo.com/great-girl-manipulations-digital-artist-michael-o"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "Nightline Face-Off - ABC News", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "debate", 
            "satan", 
            "theology", 
            "video", 
            "driscoll", 
            "news", 
            "education", 
            "religion", 
            "faceoff", 
            "television"
        ], 
        "u": "http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaceOff/"
    }, 
    {
        "d": "How Twitter and Facebook Make Us More Productive | Magazine", 
        "dt": "2010-03-24T00:00:00Z", 
        "t": [
            "twitter", 
            "facebook", 
            "productivity", 
            "socialmedia", 
            "creativity", 
            "wired", 
            "research", 
            "social", 
            "socialnetworking", 
            "work"
        ], 
        "u": "http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/st_essay_distraction/"
    }
]

2010-03-24 09:15:12

User: keimlink

Functions: less python

Tags: curl http python json validation

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JSON processing with Python

Validates and pretty-prints the content fetched from the URL.

man <COMMAND> | less +'/pattern'

2010-01-26 20:50:00

User: sputnick

Functions: less man

Tags: man less

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Give to anyone a command to immediatly find a particular part of a man.

Example :

LC_ALL=C man less | less +/ppattern

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argv=("$@"); rest=${argv[@]:1}; less -JMN +"/$1" `grep -l $1 $rest`

2009-10-16 17:36:16

User: lassel

Functions: less

Tags: bash less log grep

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Less a grep result, going directly to the first match in the first file

Really useful way to combine less and grep while browsing log files.

I can't figure out how to make it into a true oneliner so paste it into a script file called lgrep:

Usage:

lgrep searchfor file1 [file2 file3]

Advanced example (grep for an Exception in logfiles that starts with qc):

lgrep Exception $(find . -name "qc*.log")

id=<XXXX>; find /var/spool/postfix/ -name $id -exec less {} \;

2009-08-21 21:58:58

User: foob4r

Functions: find id less

Tags: Postfix

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less an message on a postfix mailsystem with a specific message-id

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< /var/log/syslog ccze -A | less -R

2009-08-12 18:46:11

User: Octave

Functions: less

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View a colorful logfile using less

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ps awwfux | less -S

2009-07-04 09:39:28

User: ToyKeeper

Functions: less ps

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Show a 4-way scrollable process tree with full details.

If you want a visual representation of the parent/child relationships between processes, this is one easy way to do it. It's useful in debugging collections of shell scripts, because it provides something like a call traceback.

When a shell script breaks, just remember "awwfux".

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less -Rf <( cat <(ls -l --color=always) <(ls -ld --color=always .*) )

2009-05-30 23:51:16

User: asmoore82

Functions: cat less ls

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Scrollable Colorized Long Listing - Hidden Files Sorted Last

To sort hidden files first, simply switch the two inner `ls` commands.

I have this aliased to `dira`

`dir` is aliased to the simpler version with no hidden files:

ls -l --color=always | less -R

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pstree -Gap | less -r

2009-05-21 05:15:16

User: mbirk

Functions: less

Tags: less pstree

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View and review the system process tree.

The "pstree" command uses special line-drawing characters. However, when piped into the "less" pager, these are normally disabled.

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grep --color=always | less -R

2009-05-20 20:30:19

User: dinomite

Functions: grep less

Tags: color grep GNU/Linux

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Colorized grep in less

Get your colorized grep output in less(1). This involves two things: forcing grep to output colors even though it's not going to a terminal and telling less to handle those properly.

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less textfile.gz

2009-03-15 23:51:17

User: allbad

Functions: less

-4

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Read a gzipped text file directly with less.

There is no need to 'zcat textfile.gz | less' with newer distros. This is useful for reading archived log files without having to extract, read, and zip when done.

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less file.tar.gz

2009-03-15 23:00:05

User: allbad

Functions: less

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View the list of files and directories in an archive with less.

This will print out the files and directories in a gzipped tarball.

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less +G <filename>

2009-03-02 23:34:21

User: leper421

Functions: less

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View a file with less, starting at the end of the file

The same as typing 'less filename' then 'G' or '>' or the END key. Comes in handy with shell scripts or aliases:

alias weblog='less +G /var/log/httpd/access_log'

alias errlog='less +G /var/log/httpd/error_log'

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less -r <some file>

2009-03-01 21:19:53

User: prayer

Functions: less

Tags: less

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Read almost everything (Changelog.gz, .tgz, .deb, .png, .pdf, etc, etc....)

It allows customizing by means of lesspipe. You need to write a ~/.lessfilter script and put this into your ~/.bashrc:

eval $(lesspipe)

export LESS=-r

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less =rcsyslog

2009-02-22 14:07:41

User: H4rpy

Functions: less

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opening your helper script without knowing the path (zsh)

This is equivalent to: less `which rcsyslog`

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less +F somelogfile

2009-02-19 14:33:46

User: adamm9

Functions: less

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Make 'less' behave like 'tail -f'.

Using +F will put less in follow mode. This works similar to 'tail -f'. To stop scrolling, use the interrupt. Then you'll get the normal benefits of less (scroll, etc.).

Pressing SHIFT-F will resume the 'tailling'.

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svn diff $* | colordiff | less -r

2009-02-18 16:19:08

User: introp

Functions: diff less

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Paged, colored svn diff

I put this in a shell script called "svndiff", as it provides a handy decorated "svn diff" output that is colored (which you can't see here) and paged. The -r is required so less doesn't mangle the color codes.

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