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Re: [Lynx-dev] More or less (was Re: Where does -dump output go?)


From: Mouse
Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] More or less (was Re: Where does -dump output go?)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:42:58 -0500 (EST)

>> more instead of cat, and to those purists that claim less is better,
>> let me remind those that less and more are the same executable on
>> most linux systems
> This is off-topic, but: no they are not.  "Most" Linux systems?

And, regardless of the truth of that,

(a) Despite what some Linux fans seem to wish (or even believe), Linux
is not the whole world.

(b) I would argue that, when available, less is generally better for
these purposes, or at least no worse.  Depending on how much you care
about the portability and functionality tradeoffs involved, you might
want to train yourself to type more, because systems with more but no
less probably outnumber systems with less but no more, or less, because
it does provide significant additional functionality where they differ.

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