view more or less?

[NiftyFedora Mitch]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Paul Ward <pnward at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> just a quick question?
>
> I was wanting to look at a file the other day and my colleague
> insisted I do not use less but view instead.
>
> I thought about this but could not think of a good reason to use view over less.
>
> I think less is more than more and view is less then more or less than less?????
>
> Do you agree?

In part it depends on what you are looking at....

pagers pg, less, more, are a matter of preference
except where the pager is hard wired into a tool.

I am a long term fan of "less".

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