Paging multiple columns in the console

[Matthew Seaman]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 06:38:45PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Reed Loefgren wrote:

> >Is there a way I can keep the
> >multi-column output but still use a pager?
> 
> Hmm.. 'apropos column' and aha!  The column command can be used to, err, 
> re-columnize:
> 
> ls /usr/bin | column -x | less

ls -C /usr/bin | less

	Cheers,

	Matthew



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