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Hi, I want to write a program that behaves as "more" comnmand in linux. Suppose I have a very big file and I want to read it at console page ...
  1. 12-04-2008 #1
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    imitation of more command in linux

    Hi,

    I want to write a program that behaves as "more" comnmand in linux. Suppose I have a very big file and I want to read it at console page by page. How can we achieve it.

    Plz provide code snippets also.
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    What's wrong with using the already existing commands of either more or less?
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    Quote Originally Posted by amit_ambitions View Post
    Hi,
    Plz provide code snippets also.
    Sure, go to

    ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils...linux-ng/v2.14

    and look into the text-utils directory.
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    Have you tried setting up a dummy file and in your .bashrc include:
    less dummy_startup
    Then you can dump any file to or append to the dummy as you like.
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    Hi.

    Chapter 6 of the venerable book below develops a pager program in c ... cheers, drl
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    Plz provide code snippets also.
    I have a better idea.

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