From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from d98.neptune.sunset.net ([209.209.117.98] helo=sunset.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 183hRF-000854-00 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:38:05 -0400 Received: (from rreid@localhost) by sunset.net (8.11.4/8.11.4) id g9LIc3V22358 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:38:03 -0700 From: "Ralph W. Reid" Message-Id: <200210211838.g9LIc3V22358@sunset.net> Subject: Re: Items fly by To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:38:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <000701c27850$3d1490f0$3ccb8d18@erikdesktop> from "erik burggraaf" at Oct 20, 2002 11:49:11 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: erik burggraaf staggered into view and mumbled: > >Hi list. I'm using the locate command to find some diagnostic software and >potencial mount points for basic hardware like a floppy drive or a modem. I >can find what I want no problem, but I also get a lot of things I don't >want. Sometimes screens after screens. The screens scroll automaticly, and >I wonder if there's a way to change this. Failing that, is there a way to >get at the items at the top of the list without doing a locate and listening >to the whole thing over. I've done this 4 or 5 times, and it's starting to >be counter productive. I think if I could just stop the scroll where I >wanted and review the lines I'm interested in, I'd be a little more >effective. >Thanks for any advice. >Erik Try: locate | more where is the string you want to use--do not include the < and > signs. If you just want to see the top 20 lines, you could pipe it through `head' instead as follow: locate | head -20 or you could redirect the output into a file for later viewing or editing as follows: locate > filename.txt Have fun! -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid@sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. CIRCLE CIRCUMFERENCE = 2 * _pi * r